Several media outlets, both mainstream and left-wing, fell for the fake news Friday that former President Donald Trump had sold or transferred ownership of his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida to his son, Donald Trump Jr.
The story originated in a mistaken report on the Zillow real estate website. But it was “to good to check” for many websites:
Breitbart News reported exclusively that the story was fake before Zillow confirmed the information was wrong.
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