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11-06-2017, 04:08 PM
Texas congressman falls for recurring hoax and names false shooter on CNN
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It's happened again, and this time it was even broadcast on a national channel.*
SEE ALSO: Never believe any breaking report on Twitter naming this comedian as the attacker (http://mashable.com/2017/06/19/sam-hyde-shooter-twitter-finsbury-park-london-attack/?utm_cid=a-seealso&utm_campaign=&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=)
Months ago, we warned about a disturbing hoax making the rounds (http://mashable.com/2017/06/19/sam-hyde-shooter-twitter-finsbury-park-london-attack/)every time there's a shooting or terrorist attack in and outside the U.S.
The recurring hoax, which probably originated on 4chan's controversial Politically Incorrect board, /pol/ (http://boards.4chan.org/pol/), claims prankster and comedian Sam Hyde is the gunman.*
Hyde has been misattributed as the "lone white gunman" during shootings in San Bernardino, Kalamazoo, Baton Rouge, and Orlando, among others, and now, a Texas church shooting, which killed (http://edition.cnn.com/2017/11/05/us/texas-church-shooting/index.html) at least 26.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/11/06/sam-hyde-hoax-texas-church-shooting-debunk/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
More about Hoax (http://mashable.com/category/hoax/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Debunk (http://mashable.com/category/debunk/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Fake News (http://mashable.com/category/fake-news/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Sam Hyde (http://mashable.com/category/sam-hyde/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), and Texas Church Shooting (http://mashable.com/category/texas-church-shooting/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/sr4WNQWgK90
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It's happened again, and this time it was even broadcast on a national channel.*
SEE ALSO: Never believe any breaking report on Twitter naming this comedian as the attacker (http://mashable.com/2017/06/19/sam-hyde-shooter-twitter-finsbury-park-london-attack/?utm_cid=a-seealso&utm_campaign=&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=)
Months ago, we warned about a disturbing hoax making the rounds (http://mashable.com/2017/06/19/sam-hyde-shooter-twitter-finsbury-park-london-attack/)every time there's a shooting or terrorist attack in and outside the U.S.
The recurring hoax, which probably originated on 4chan's controversial Politically Incorrect board, /pol/ (http://boards.4chan.org/pol/), claims prankster and comedian Sam Hyde is the gunman.*
Hyde has been misattributed as the "lone white gunman" during shootings in San Bernardino, Kalamazoo, Baton Rouge, and Orlando, among others, and now, a Texas church shooting, which killed (http://edition.cnn.com/2017/11/05/us/texas-church-shooting/index.html) at least 26.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/11/06/sam-hyde-hoax-texas-church-shooting-debunk/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
More about Hoax (http://mashable.com/category/hoax/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Debunk (http://mashable.com/category/debunk/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Fake News (http://mashable.com/category/fake-news/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Sam Hyde (http://mashable.com/category/sam-hyde/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), and Texas Church Shooting (http://mashable.com/category/texas-church-shooting/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/sr4WNQWgK90