Fake news writer who gained notoriety for viral stories in run-up to '16 elections found dead in bed

[kpete]

PHOENIX (AP) — A leading purveyor of fake news in the 2016 presidential election has died outside Phoenix at the age of 38.

Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Mark Casey said Tuesday authorities discovered Paul Horner dead in his bed on Sept. 18.

Casey said the Maricopa County medical examiner performed an autopsy which showed there were no signs of foul play. He said Horner had a history of prescription drug abuse and that “evidence at the scene suggested this could be an accidental overdose.”


Horner was known for writing false stories and disseminating internet hoaxes that often went viral on Facebook and hoodwinked thousands of people.

They included a story falsely claiming President Barack Obama was gay and a radical Muslim, and another saying protesters were being paid thousands of dollars to demonstrate at Donald Trump’s campaign rallies.


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[Madam45for2923]

1. WTF

[deminks]

2. Russians done with him?

[mitch96]

4. Ok flip a coin

old KGB operative or new GRU guy.. Who got him?? It would be interesting to see if more of the "loyal" tRumpsters start down this path...
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[dalton99a]

3. Good riddance to trash

[IggleDuer]

5. Mueller? ...... Mueller? ...

N/T

[reflection]

6. A real shame. No wait, it's not. n/t

[haele]

7. Well, Occam's razor indicates it could just be a drug OD.

There's a lot of dangerous crap out there in the illicit opiod market, and there's hundreds, sometimes over a thousand fatal ODs each month.
Dealers don't care, because of the Pharmaceutical business strategy of creating a "need" they can profit off will ensure there's plenty more people getting hooked every day, that

90% sure it was just his time to get some bad dope.

Haele

[Gothmog]

8. May he rest in peace and have to account for his sins

[LeftInTX]

9. Drugs could have been the reason he was

into fake news.