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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 (260 points)

After doing some research, the claim that "Disney bought Esptein's Island to build a theme park" is false. Multiple sources such as USA Today have explicitly debunked this article stating "It is totally made-up" and that the claim itself is satire. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2024/04/12/epstein-island-sold-to-disney-satire-fact-check/73292777007/

Satire
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by Newbie (200 points)
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by Newbie (230 points)
For one, the website has so many ads that tend to block the actual story. This is a red flag. Then, I looked up if the island was even purchased by anyone. It was bought by a financer in 2023. No other files noted that it was purchased by any company. USA Today backs it up. 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)

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

I found this article about Disney buying Jeffery Epstein’s island, and this information is false. It was used as satire. I also looked at other articles and all the headlines say it’s false. 

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by Novice (540 points)

This is not true and misinformation. The quote I found;  "official statements, “Jeffery’s Island is the perfect place to put up a new theme park. It’s also a great way to honor the late, great, Jeffery Epstein, who took his life too soon.”" has no evidence and only evidence that the article is not true when I researched it.  https://www.yahoo.com/tech/viral-video-claiming-disney-bought-192000032.html 

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by Newbie (240 points)

No this is extremely false, and according to USA Today, "This didn't happen. The claim originated on a website clearly labeled as satire, but the Facebook post does not indicate that."(McCreary, 2024) Also this claim can be debunked because, " A financier bought them both in 2023, and there are no credible reports either has been sold again."(McCreary, 2024) Stephen Deckoff, who owns an investment firm, acquired both islands on May 3,2023 according to PR Newswire. So this claim is based on complete falsity because of the fact that another person bought and acquired these islands.

Sites 

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/sd-investments-announces-acquisition-of-great-st-james-and-little-st-james-islands-in-the-united-states-virgin-islands-301815032.html

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)

First of all, not a single source is cited. Examples of deliberate vagueness include: "According to a top real estate appraiser, this island isn’t worth nearly $3 billion.", And: "According to official statements," Statements from who? 

Mousetrap News labels itself as a satirical news organization. Snopes fact-checked this article as well. They labeled it as Satire. 

I consider this to be fake news. 

Satire
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by Newbie (240 points)
This was an article published by a known satire, fake news website called "Mouse Trap News". It was published meaning to be a joke, but people didn't take it as a joke and ran with the information and spread it as real news.
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by Novice (540 points)

This claim is false 

This is a link to the claims source, Mouse Trap News, in which they claim they are "the world's best satire and parody site." 

https://mousetrapnews.com/about/

This is another article also confirming that this claim was fake 

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/disney-bought-epsteins-island/

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by Newbie (200 points)

My name is Adam, I am a current college student. This is false. After doing minimal research, I found this article by USA Today, https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2024/04/12/epstein-island-sold-to-disney-satire-fact-check/73292777007/.

The headline reads, 

No, Disney didn't buy Jeffrey Epstein's island. Claim started as satire | Fact check.

This claim came from a satirical website called Mouse Trap News. 

False

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