Question

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

Comments

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/

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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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Yeah, and there are many different websites that back the claim up that this is false, such as USA Today, and Snopes. This is completely satirical and suppose to be a joke, however Facebook users see this claim without the original website, which is known for posting fake news, which is why so many people actually believed this.

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That is a really good point about social media. Things that are clear jokes can be taken out of context and then people online will think that the information they receive is true. This is why misinformation spreads so easily. Social media makes it so easy for posts to go up that can spread so much falseness.

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While reading this article, I can easily tell that this is entirely satire even down to the "evidence" with who the sources talked to. The website that was used, MouseTrap News also has many other satirical articles that are meant to be a joke. There is no real evidence and no other sources that back up its outlandish claims, thus leading the article to clearly be fake. But, because this article was posted on social media, the people were quick to believe it without really reading the contents in the article.

Answer 1

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

This isn't true! If you go to the "about" section on the website that published the article, it states that this website is "satire" and "parody".

Comments

Thank you for the quick and straightforward response! I was able to quickly identify this section of the website and now I know that anything to come from this website will be false or dramatized.

Answer 2

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

This is misinformation

Answer 3

I found this article:

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

This is likely misinformation!

Comments

I agree that it is misinformation, however, the usage of likely isn't as reliable and it is a very common article with such little explanation. Seeing the same article over and over again yet no commentary isn't much of a helpful factcheck. A little bit of an explanation would sound less repetitive. Great article nonetheless and it is in fact misinformation!

Answer 4

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.

Answer 5

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.

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I agree that this information is misleading. I appreciate how you did not only give an article to back your statement, but you also included a summary of why the information is false. It assures me you actually read the article and agree with it. I agree that this information is misleading!

Answer 6

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.

Answer 7

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-

Comments

Putting some of your own reasoning summarizing the link you provided would have been a nice touch.

Answer 8

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/.

Answer 9

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

Answer 10

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.