Miley Cyrus Burns Bible to Promote Tolerance-Fiction!

Miley Cyrus Burns Bible to Promote Tolerance-Fiction! 

 
Summary of eRumor:
Reports that Miley Cyrus burned a Bible on stage at a concert to make a statement about tolerance have sparked a viral online backlash.
The Truth:
Miley Cyrus didn’t burn a Bible to promote tolerance.
The rumor was started by The People’s Cube website in June 2015, and it quickly spread across social media sites. A story published by the website claimed that Miley Cyrus had burned a Bible on stage and yelled, “Hillary ’16!” According to the report:
“In an opening act for her recent concert at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, Cyrus walked out onto the stage and held the Bible out to the crowd saying, ‘Here is a tribute to all you Jesus-lovers out there.’ She then set the pages on fire and yelled ‘Hillary ’16!’ before dropping the book to the ground. As the music started, Cyrus began to sing while squatting over the burning Bible and performing a sexually provocative dance with repetitive thrusting hip movements, called ‘twerking.’
 
A few moments later the stage went dark, lit up only by two large red inverted crosses, usually associated with satanic worship. Cyrus began to dance around a large phallic object, using it as a stripper pole, while removing parts of her clothing. At that point about one fifth of her audience got up and left the concert, telling MTV reporters in the lobby that the display was extremely offensive and they didn’t feel comfortable remaining in that environment.”
The story was quickly shared nearly 150,000 times on social media sites. However, a disclaimer that appears at the bottom of the webpage says The People’s Cube is a political satire website with a faux socialist slant.