President Obama Reported Sedated After Emotional Breakdown-Fiction! & Satire!
Summary of eRumor:
This is a forwarded email that contains an article that alleges that “White House insiders leaked information stating the president has suffered a mental breakdown and is presently resting and under a doctors care.”
The Truth:
There was a September 21, 2013 article from the political satire website NationalReport.Net.
The article was a joke and the National Report website is full of whoppers that should not be taken seriously.
Some of the other National Report headlines on the site indicated it was all in jest:
Hurricane Ingrid To Hit Mexico, Part Of Obama’s Immigration Plan
North Carolina General Assembly Hopes To Revoke Voting Rights Of Welfare Recipients
Apple iPhone 5s Fingerprint Database To Be Shared With NSA
The site includes a disclaimer on every page:
*DISCLAIMER: The National Report is an online portal for “citizen journalists”. The views expressed by writers on this site are theirs alone and are not reflective of the fine journalistic and editorial integrity of National Report. Advice given is NOT to be construed as professional. If you are in need of professional help, please consult a professional. National Report is not intended for children under the age of 18.
The website also had a disclaimer page that was taken down. Thanks to webarchive.org we were able to find out what the original site disclaimer said:
*DISCLAIMER: National Report is a news and political satire web publication, which may or may not use real names, often in semi-real or mostly fictitious ways. All news articles contained within National Report are fiction, and presumably fake news. Any resemblance to the truth is purely coincidental . The views expressed by writers on this site are theirs alone and are not reflective of the fine journalistic and editorial integrity of National Report. Advice given is NOT to be construed as professional. If you are in need of professional help (and you may be if you are on this page), please consult a professional. National Report is intended for a mature audience and not for children under the age of 18.
Posted 09/24/13