The Daily Snark got a flood of traffic for its claim that Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo had been arrested for using a men’s bathroom in North Carolina.
Hoax-busting site Snopes immediately labeled the viral story false and noted: “Aside from taking shots at Romo’s prowess as a quarterback, the article echoed previous fake news pieces falsely holding that Romo had admitted to a homosexual romance with a teammate and that political troll Ann Coulter had similarly been arrested for trying to use a women’s bathroom in Charlotte, N.C.”
Snopes noted: “The name of the publishing site and the obviously tongue-in-cheek nature of the article should have been dead giveaways that the report was a spoof, but many readers nonetheless confused it for a legitimate news item.”
Examples of some who got, and didn’t get, the joke:
REPORT: Tony Romo Arrested In North Carolina For Using Mens Bathroom | Daily Snark: https://t.co/h5vCbqewLd
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