Yoko Ono and Hillary Clinton Had an Affair During the 1970s-Fiction!
Summary of eRumor:
Yoko Ono has admitted that she and Hillary Clinton had an affair during the 1970s.
The Truth:
Reports that Yoko Ono and Hillary Clinton had an affair during the 1970s are a hoax.
The fake news website World News Daily Report started the hoax with a story that appeared under the headline, “Yoko Ono: ‘I had an affair with Hillary Clinton in the ‘70s.” The fake story reports:
“The artist and widow of John Lennon, who is in Los Angeles to present a collection of cups and saucers she is exhibiting at the Museum of Modern Art, totally took reporters by surprise by admitting she had not only met the former First Lady at various times during a series of protests against the Vietnam War in New York in the 1970s but also knew her ‘intimately.’ The celebrity admitted laughingly to having “a fling” with her at the time and acknowledged her election ‘would be a great advancement for LGBT and Women rights in America,’ she added.”
The fake report of Yoko Ono’s affair with Hillary Clinton quickly went viral. Within days, it was shared more than 50,000 times on social media sites. It drew strong reactions like, “Hillary’s response will be: ‘I did not have sex with that woman.”
World News Daily Report is known for duping readers into believing that fake news stories are real. The stories are presented in a way that makes them appear factual, and they are often taken out of context when they’re shared on social media sites. But the website’s disclaimer says it all:
WNDR shall not be responsible for any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by website users or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in this website or by any technical or human error which may occur. WNDR assumes however all responsibility for the satirical nature of its articles and for the fictional nature of their content. All characters appearing in the articles in this website – even those based on real people – are entirely fictional and any resemblance between them and any persons, living, dead, or undead is purely a miracle.”