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in General Factchecking by Innovator (51.8k points)
Disney bought Jeffrey Epstein's island to build a theme park.
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by Newbie (300 points)
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This satirical article is a prime example of why you should not just look at a headline that jumps out at you and assume it to be true! Even a glance at the website will tell you that this is false.
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The claim of “The Walt Disney Company officially buys Epstein Island”, after further research seems to be false. A article by Rueters states that although the claim has no supporting evidence, social media such as instagram or Tik Tok programs are taking the claim to a stronger extent. No official claims from The Walt Disney Company have been made to oficcically support this claim. Another aspect to dispute this claim involve the history of Epsteins islands. Researching back, a CNBC article recorded in 2023, that Epstiens islands were bought by Billionaire Stephen Deckoff, stating plans not towards a Disnet theme park but a resort space (Mengan, 2023). Therefore, this claim based off further research and information, it was understood that is it incorrect. Walt Disney did not buy the Epstien islands in plan for future disney parks. Lastly, this example of a non accurate claim circulating social media, highlights the importance of verifying spread information with trusted sources rather then trusting the popular vote.
Sources: https://www.cnbc.com/2023/05/03/jeffrey-epstein-private-islands-bought-by-billionaire.html
https://mousetrapnews.com/the-walt-disney-company-buys-epstein-island/
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This is not true. According to https://www.reuters.com/fact-check/article-about-disney-buying-epstein-island-is-satire-2024-04-22/, this article that claimed Disney purchased Epstein's island is "Satire", declared by the Reuters fact check team.
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I like how you mention social media and how everything can be taken out of context, also how you state that a lot of people joke around on social media and it can lead to people not knowing what's real or fake. I agree, social media is a powerful tool, however it is also used to spread falso information, whether that be on purpose or accident. A lot of people cannot tell the difference between jokes or not on social media because there is no emotion or unlying tone through a screen.
by Novice (540 points)
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It's funny to me that you would assume Disney did not already own Epstein Island. The Epstein family's historical connection to Walt Disney is clear as day, and something Disney himself took pride in.

If we were to break down the etymological, numerical value of "Mickey", we will find that:

M-13, I-9, C-3, K-11, E-5, Y-25.

Notice anything?

All of the numbers but Y are underage. Y="Why", as in "Why" "would I have sex with a 25 year old?" Sounds pretty fishy, right?

Disney also takes pride in his bestiality, which can be found in his original animation of Mickey riding a steam boat and "whistling". This "whistling" features Mickey closing his eyes, and bobbing his head back and forth with an open mouth, almost as if fellating, or, in layman's terms "giving a blowjob".

Now, I think we can all admit that we felt butterflies when watching this animation. I myself experienced my first erection upon viewing Mickey's delicate technique. I can only imagine the feeling of his soft and wet mouth upon my desperate member. And I think we can all relate. We have all had the fantasy of Mickeys steamboat "whistle". In fact, I first ejaculated when watching the video, and given that it was featured in the beginning of almost every Disney movie, Im sure most young men would say the same. In fact, I would estimate around 98% of men experienced this.

It's clear to me that this was Disney’s intention. Disney probably got pleasure knowing that young men like me were getting so excited at the sight of his animation. It's sickening. He is a sick, dark twisted man.

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by Newbie (200 points)
This claim is false Based off of Disney’s whole brand and need to keep a clean and family friendly reputation. Epstein’s Island is the last place Disney would build a theme park for family’s and children.
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by Newbie (240 points)

Disney made no purchase or bid to buy Jeffrey Epstein's islands. Much less any claims that they will be purchasing them for a theme park. The Islands were purchased in May 2023 by billionaire Stephon Deckoff, who plans to build "a world-class destination" on the islands. If you read the article that claims this you can see there is no official sources, the "executives" and "top real estate appraisers" have no attributions at all and there is no proof at all that these are real quotes.

Likely Misinformation.

Jeffrey Epstein's two private islands will be turned into a resort : NPR

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by Newbie (250 points)

Disney has not bought Jeffrey Epstein's island. MSN wrote an article that the islands have not been bought by Disney and that the islands are owned by a financier who is going to build a resort. They talk about how the link above form mouse trap news is not a reliable news source. They back it up by saying that Disney does in fact own an island but not these islands.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/no-disney-didnt-buy-jeffrey-epsteins-island-claim-started-as-satire-fact-check/ar-BB1lwGc4

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by Newbie (250 points)
Satire
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by Newbie (240 points)
This article is false. When reporting on an event, especially one as big as this one, make sure to thoroughly research it and make sure multiple sources are reporting the same information. I cannot find any information on this topic outside of this article. Along with this, multiple fact checkers on other websites say this story is not true.
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by Newbie (250 points)

The website that this article is published on is a satire website. Their website states "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. So technically our slogan The Moused Trusted Name in Disney News isn't true, but we thought it was creative and funny, so we are running with it." This is a fake article from a satire website. 

https://mousetrapnews.com/about/

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by Novice (610 points)

After further research, other news sources have revealed that this claim is not true and started as a satire claim. According to USA Today, the claim that Disney bought Epstein's island false, and MouseTrap News is not to be considered a reliable news source. To check out USA Today's fact checking, visit: 

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

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by Newbie (240 points)
This is not true. This article was written with disinformation and made from social media sources. The blog "MouseTrapNews" has been fact-checked numerous times for spreading misleading or wrong news. I found an article from Matt Novak on Yahoo News that debunks the news and goes to show that it was just a rumor on TikTok and X.

https://www.yahoo.com/tech/viral-video-claiming-disney-bought-192000032.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAACL2_oHaoHKkaC46l1EcKiOLNMl2vA3opQOVCwTc5sPrqexMUyYJJXKEPHNQq_-2BDJSJrgd7p3O4f9UGGOcydiPZ5VUJz7EQPzDC29I1nUFxKRXO7tJVZWKDrPOgDYKdqKQ1XT67-EirU5jbnKOC705b_HaJtXvYvgflRSbH9A7 (link to the Yahoo news debunk).
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by Novice (540 points)
This is a false claim.  The link draws back to MouseTrapNews which is not a credible source.  If it was a government website then it would be a credible source, but doing more research it comes from X which can be uploaded by anyone.  https://twitter.com/mousetrapnews/status/1778058874400002470
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by Newbie (240 points)
This is false. The website "Mouse Trap News" where this claim was posted, is a satirical website. According to the website, "Mouse Trap News is the world’s best satire and parody site. We write fake stories about Disney Parks stuff." There is no evidence at all that Disney has bought Jeffrey Epstein's island to build a theme park.
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