Re:Brits head home to avoid being deported as illegals in Spain
by makomk on Saturday March 27, 2021 @08:13PM
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Yeah, and I'm sure the author of this article worked hard to find that one paydirt quote which feeds its audiences' preconceptions... especially if the stats about how expats voted in the Brexit referendum someone else posted are correct. (Or maybe they didn't even bother? I've never heard of this news site, it looks like a generic WordPress theme and it's registered anonymously. All the usual fake news warning signs are there but it just fits everyone's preconceptions so well...)
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Re:Brits head home to avoid being deported as illegals in Spain
by joshuaissac on Saturday March 27, 2021 @08:23PM
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Here is the same article from an established, pro-Brexit news website:
https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1415577/Brexit-news-...
Edit: Saw too late to delete that The Express also got it from Global247news, which seems to be less than a year old according to https://whois.domaintools.com/global247news.com
Re:Brits head home to avoid being deported as illegals in Spain
by makomk on Saturday March 27, 2021 @08:24PM
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If this is a fake news article, the Daily Express indeed also fell for it because it's clearly where they copied that from: 'Anthony Cook, who has lived in Spain for seven years, told Global247news: “The Spanish dream is over for me, it’s time to go back to Cardiff."' This happens a lot more with fake news than it really ought to, and with publications a lot more respectable and trusted than the Express.