Question

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

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This is not true. https://www.yahoo.com/tech/viral-video-claiming-disney-bought-192000032.html

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This is misinformation it is not factual none of this ever happened. Disney never attempted to buy Jeffery Epstein. The source on the USA Today fact check resource said it was false this was a clear attempt at propaganda.

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This is false; it's satire taken out of context. A USA Today article from the 12th details that this claim started as a Facebook post, and was satire. Yahoo also debunks this claim, saying that despite it gaining attention on TikTok and X as well, it's not based in fact. It came from Mouse Trap News, and is a great example of social media getting out of hand.
https://www.yahoo.com/tech/viral-video-claiming-disney-bought-192000032.html.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2024/04/12/epstein-island-sold-to-disney-satire-fact-check/73292777007/

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This website as a whole is intended to spread false information. When you look at what other articles are published, such as "Scientists Confirm Mickey Mouse Isn't Real," shows that this website is meant to troll. There is also a USA Today article that confirms that Disney buying Epstein Island is false information.

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This is not true.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2024/04/12/epstein-island-sold-to-disney-satire-fact-check/73292777007/
You can see other users of this site also claiming this is misinformation.

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This is not true as the website as a whole is intended to spread fake news.

Answer 1

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/

Answer 2

This is false. Disney is not doing this.

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

Answer 3

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/

Answer 4

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. 

Answer 5

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 

Answer 6

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/

Answer 7

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. 

Answer 8

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.

Answer 9

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/

Answer 10

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.