If you caught that story, you should not have to worry about it. It may have made it to the top of the Newscharts, but it's not real.
The article was first published by gossip site Inquisitr and later picked up by MSN and distributed on its immense news network. The musician responded to a Musk post asking users to pay eight dollars per month for a blue verification check in order to get her ex to pay for their kids.
The exchange was not real. A clearly marked parody account spread the fake screenshot, which was doctored to make it look like it was real. It didn't show up in the feed. The fake exchange was treated as real by the Inquisitr writer and they didn't take the time to scrutinize it.
Futurism reached out to both Inquisitr and MSN for comment, but neither responded.
We understand that Inquisitr isn't the most reliable content mill. Unless their standards are way, way lower than we thought, this slip-up is a glaring problem.
Are there any lessons here? It's important that people know about media literacy. Don't trust what you read on the internet.
Research shows that there's a pool of misinformation.
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