Disney bought Jeffrey Epstein's island to build a theme park.

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Disney bought Jeffrey Epstein's island to build a theme park.

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This claim, written by Mouse Trap News, seems entirely invalid. When trying to verify the claim in the article's headline, “The Walt Disney Company Buys Epstein Island,” I searched for other sources who could confirm this as fact. Many well-known and larger media companies, such as USA Today and IMDb, have said that the claim from Mouse Trap News is entirely “satire.” According to Mouse Trap News’ own website, they attest to being “the world’s best satire and parody site,” therefore discrediting the information they share. In the “About” section of the outlet’s website, they even state, “We write fake stories about Disney Parks stuff” and “We write 100% made-up parody and satire stories for your enjoyment.” Their main goal, according to what is written on their website, seems to be gaining attraction, views, and the attention of Dinsey themselves. This should give readers an instant red flag when looking at anything the company publishes.

From my research, they seem to be the only company publishing this information as fact and there is nowhere on their website that sites where they received their information, which is discrediting as well. Additionally, an article by a more trusted source, CNBC, completely contradicts the claim by Mouse Trap News, stating that billionaire Stephen Deckoff bought Jeffery Epstein’s islands, not Disney.

Overall, Mouse Trap News themselves don’t even want people to think they are credible, so readers should not believe their claim about Disney buying Epstein Island.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2024/04/12/epstein-island-sold-to-disney-satire-fact-check/73292777007/
https://www.imdb.com/news/ni64557790/
https://mousetrapnews.com/about/#:~:text=Mouse%20Trap%20News%20is%20the,accurate%2C%20but%20it%20is%20fun.
https://www.cnbc.com/2023/05/03/jeffrey-epstein-private-islands-bought-by-billionaire.html

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This statement is clearly untrue. I have surfed through this website time and time again and have seen in their "about" section of the website. The first paragraph in this website states that "Mouse Trap News is the world’s best satire and parody site. We write fake stories about Disney Parks stuff. From Disney Park announcements to Disney Hotel and resort news to made-up Disney partnerships, you can be assured that anything you read here is not true, real, or accurate, but it is fun." Aside from this, there is no evidence about the fact that Disney had even considering buying Jeffrey Epstein's Island to build a theme park. In fact, another website had also fact-checked this and proved that this was wrong the second this "fact" or "news" had been released.

https://mousetrapnews.com/about/

https://www.reuters.com/fact-check/article-about-disney-buying-epstein-island-is-satire-2024-04-22/

commented 2 days ago by Holden_Peterson (100 points)

This claim is completely untrue. Immediately after doing extra research, the first few things to pop up on a google search claim that this is complete satire and untruthful. This is a pretty recent article and it is clearly trying to use clickbait to jump on the Epstein island story that surfaced around the time of the article. One major thing that stood out when looking at this article is that there is no name given, only the news source that posted this claim is seen, and the quality of the post seems very low. After doing more than just a google search, I found that both Snoops, and USA Today both wrote this article off as satire. USA Today claims that this is from a satirical website, however "The Facebook post is an example of what could be called stolen satire." as they say. The satire seems to come from the fact that the allegations on what happened on Epstein Island are horrific, which is just the opposite of a Disney park. There are false claims in this article as well, most prominent one having to be that Epstein was "great" and has now passed away. While the headline does in fact aline with the article, this seems like just a joke of a post, only used to make people laugh that have a twisted sense of humor.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2024/04/12/epstein-island-sold-to-disney-satire-fact-check/73292777007/
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/disney-bought-epsteins-island/

https://mousetrapnews.com/the-walt-disney-company-buys-epstein-island/

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marenf · Answer 1 · 2024-04-17T22:31:00+0000

https://www.yahoo.com/tech/viral-video-claiming-disney-bought-192000032.html

This is misinformation

Gabby_Hoffman · Answer 2 · 2024-04-17T22:31:29+0000

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mgodfre2 · Answer 3 · 2024-04-17T22:32:10+0000

I searched for this headline on a Google search platform to see if other news outlets have made articles about this. The other source I used to confirm this was from USA Today Fact Check. So this claim of Jeffrey Epstein island being bought by Disney to build an amusement park is false.

caitlynmreichow · Answer 4 · 2024-04-17T22:32:22+0000

This article is false. When quoting people they did not give who said what quotes and within the article they would make jokes regarding calling it "Kidcot." This is misinformation because they don't have any evidence behind why dicey bought, how much, and why they bought it.

https://www.yahoo.com/tech/viral-video-claiming-disney-bought-192000032.html#:~:text=The%20fake%20news%20of%20Disney,be%20some%20truth%20to%20it.

- this article debunks the satire being spread.

amar_oberoi · Answer 5 · 2024-04-17T22:32:42+0000

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2024/04/12/epstein-island-sold-to-disney-satire-fact-check/73292777007/

This article from USA Today fact checked whether Disney bought Jeffery Epstein's island or not. As a result it is deemed false.

June_Johnson · Answer 6 · 2024-04-17T22:33:06+0000

False

https://www.yahoo.com/tech/viral-video-claiming-disney-bought-192000032.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAKFmtjlIxsy4mh84WekjVuX9Vii5XIbgiOrH-I_JVpIvqgwO6CBivODUOFoNoWl29bcNiY4n0gKWVE1-wpkTZymTiU6dP-N1VAmtxckQ8KEszx4CcBGXWtKPB0o-Do26N1_gJKSc_dWMsQKWFaComr4EMkAbulkHslurg0SfUP2-

Seth_Cohn · Answer 7 · 2024-04-17T22:33:17+0000

This article is simply just untrue and a desperate attempt for clicks. Linked below is an article written by USA Today about this exact article and shows that the information told is false. There is no record of Disney purchasing this plot of land as well with there being no proof the plot of land was sold at all.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2024/04/12/epstein-island-sold-to-disney-satire-fact-check/73292777007/.

elikoregon · Answer 8 · 2024-04-17T22:33:41+0000

https://www.techtimes.com/articles/303614/20240415/disney-denies-purchase-epstein-island-amid-viral-rumors.htm

This is false news, Disney has denied the purchase of Epstein's Island

elias.tyler · Answer 9 · 2024-04-17T22:33:58+0000

The source you provided is a known, and self-proclaimed, satire and parody site. On their about page, it says, "We write fake stories about Disney Parks stuff," and "you can be assured that anything you read here is not true, real, or accurate." Since this is the original source of the claim, with no other sources corroborating it, we can conclude that the claim is false.

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