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[–] jballs 50 points 1 year ago (2 children)

They just change the date, city, number of victims, and then change the fake person's name for the quote. The rest stays exactly the same.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yes, that's how all news sites do it now

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

But in this case it's part of the point of the repeating article that the article is nearly identical every time

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

What? This whole time I thought it was always the same article shared over and over when there's another shooting, I mean the original one from years ago. That's somehow sadder...