{"id":7038,"date":"2017-08-22T08:19:09","date_gmt":"2017-08-22T08:19:09","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2017-08-22T08:19:09","modified_gmt":"2017-08-22T08:19:09","slug":"uae-national-news-agency-fabricated-fake-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/en\/news\/uae-national-news-agency-fabricated-fake-news\/","title":{"rendered":"A Fake News Report That HH Sheikh Khalifa Is Stepping Down Has Been Denied By The National News Agency"},"content":{"rendered":"
A stark warning from the national news agency of the UAE, WAM, was shared on twitter, emphasising that attempts to fabricate the site have been made.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The national news agency shared two tweets to its official feed, warning users of the situation.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\nAttempts to fabricate the #WAM<\/a> website have been made by unknown sources. 1\/2 #wamnews<\/a><\/p>\n
\u2014 WAM News \/ English (@WAMNEWS_ENG) August 21, 2017<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\nPlease ensure that you continue to access #UAE<\/a> news coverage via the #WAM<\/a> website https:\/\/t.co\/5priUg53el<\/a> 2\/2#wamnews<\/a><\/p>\n
\u2014 WAM News \/ English (@WAMNEWS_ENG) August 21, 2017<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nThe tweets were shared on Monday evening<\/h3>\n
And on Tuesday, a bizarre hashtag began trending in Arabic…\u00a0<\/p>\n
The hashtag loosely translates to ‘Sheikh Khalifa steps down’.\u00a0<\/p>\n
With one tweeter sharing a screenshot of the evidently ‘fake news’.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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\u2014 Rashid Alhajri ???????? ???????????????????????????????? (@rashidalhajri88) August 20, 2017<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
However no reports confirm the information and the article is not on the authentic national news agency site, WAM.ae<\/a>\u00a0<\/h3>\n
\u00a0Suggesting it’s a part of the attempts of fabrication on the site. The domain looks to be wam.org.ae mimicking the official news site.\u00a0<\/p>\n