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People Are Falling For A Fake News Story Suggesting Malia Obama Is Pregnant

Obviously BS.

David Mack BuzzFeed News Reporter

Posted on December 14, 2014, at 1:22 p.m. ET

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A fake news story about Malia Obama's "pregnancy" from the hoax website EmpireNews.Net has been bubbling around the backwaters of the internet since it was published on Nov. 28, but now a fake Facebook account for Fox News is duping more people.

Of course, "Fox News Channel" is not the network's official account, which is made even more obvious by the fact it shares only Empire News articles and has 59 likes.

The "satirical" article, which is steeped in harmful racial stereotypes, has already been thoroughly debunked and mocked by the Washington Post and Snopes.

The Facebook account also appears to be part of a spam phishing attack, with most of the thousands of comments on the Obama story being people automatically tagging four friends.

But that hasn't stopped people sharing their reactions to the "news."

Sam Jones@Sambo_Jones_Follow
Barack Obama's 16 year old daughter is pregnant oh my lord
12:48 PM - 14 Dec 14 Reply Retweet Favorite

Danielle Brigance@danielleb1221 Follow
Fox "news" really just shared on their fb an empire news story about Malia Obama being pregnant. Way to go sharing satire as news.
12:17 PM - 14 Dec 14 Reply Retweet Favorite

Jalеn.@KingGlow Follow
Obama daughter pregnant! Who is responsible for this
12:06 PM - 14 Dec 14 Reply Retweet Favorite

Forrest@ForrestBoySwag Follow
NO OBAMA'S DAUGHTER CAN'T BE PREGNANT NOOOOO
11:57 AM - 14 Dec 14 Reply Retweet Favorite

bernadette@odettecapcoo Follow
Obama's 16 yr old daughter is pregnant? Srsly?!
7:13 AM - 14 Dec 14 Reply Retweet Favorite

denon smith@_denon_Follow
dam somebody got Obama daughter pregnant
12:04 PM - 14 Dec 14 Reply Retweet Favorite

Myles@milesnmylesaway Follow
Obama's daughter is pregnant at 16. Nice.
12:05 PM - 14 Dec 14 Reply Retweet Favorite

But other users also correctly pointed out that people will believe anything.

Jess ✌@jesschandlerx Follow
If you genuinely believe Obama's daughter is pregnant please have a word with yourself
4:16 AM - 14 Dec 14 Reply Retweet Favorite

⛄️hayley⛄️@mycroftcookie Follow
Obama's daughter is not pregnant some people are so fucking dumb
5:21 AM - 14 Dec 14 Reply Retweet Favorite

Not Her@litchik Follow
Breaking News: Malia Obama is not pregnant. Hot off the wire: Earth is not being invaded by Martians. Now back to your regular Twitter Feed.
11:58 AM - 14 Dec 14 Reply Retweet Favorite

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David Mack is a deputy director of breaking news for BuzzFeed News and is based in New York.

Contact David Mack at david.mack@buzzfeed.com.

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A BuzzFeed News investigation, in partnership with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, based on thousands of documents the government didn't want you to see.

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