The Valley Report

The Valley Report
Type Satirical news
Format Website
Editor Dave Weasel
Staff writers Dave Weasel, Eric Nordquist, Konrad Anderson
Launched 2015 in Sherman Oaks, California
Website thevalleyreport.com

The Valley Report is a satirical website which posts fictional news articles related to real and fictitious events.[1] Snopes.com describes it as a fake news site, incorrectly citing "While the Valley Report‘s “About” page bears no disclaimer, it credits a comedian (not a reporter) as responsible for the site’s content.".[2] The Valley Report has over 2M monthly readers.

History

Dave Weasel started The Valley Report in August 2015. Weasel told Buzzfeed in an interview he prefers to write content that offers social commentary, but will dedicate 10% of his articles towards creating "hoaxes".[3]

The Daily Mail reported that Weasel estimates a third of the people sharing the articles do not realize it's fake.[4]

Third party reporting as real news

Articles from The Valley Report have been reported by third party outlets as real news, including several ARN stations like KIIS 106.5[5] reported the highly circulated "Woman stabs boyfriend for not liking Instagram selfie fast enough" and even wrote up their own version of the event, but deleted it upon realizing it was fake.[6] Stations like The Kyle and Jackie O Show,[7] 97.3 FM (Brisbane)[8] and Mix 102.3[9] have all reported this story as real.

Celebrities like Bryanboy[10] and Claudia Jordan[11] have also shared the story as real.

Radio stations 89.7 The River[12] in Iowa and 107.9 The Mix[13] in Maine have read the story "Woman arrested for stinking up the bathroom and closing down restaurant" verbatim on-air.

Snopes.com Has reported four separate viral articles as being fake.[14]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Disclaimer". The Valley Report.
  2. ↑ Kim LaCapria (August 31, 2015). "Selfie Control". snopes.
  3. ↑
  4. ↑ Mail, Daily. "Dave Weasel's fake news story of woman defecating on boss' desk hits $3m jackpot | Daily Mail Online". Dailymail.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-05-30.
  5. ↑ "KIIS 101.1 - Are you SERIOUS?". Facebook. 2015-08-31. Retrieved 2016-05-30.
  6. ↑
  7. ↑ "*Shakes head* - Kyle and Jackie O - Facebook".
  8. ↑ "97.3FM - "Using a sharpened selfie-stick, the young woman... - Facebook".
  9. ↑ "Mix102.3 - "Using a sharpened selfie-stick, the young... - Facebook".
  10. ↑ "Bryanboy - YAS - Facebook".
  11. ↑ "Claudia Jordan - Really? We're stabbing over Likes on... - Facebook".
  12. ↑ "Here's the story we just read word for... - Spicoli's Morning Fiasco - Facebook".
  13. ↑ "107.9 The Mix".
  14. ↑
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