BUSTED: GOP legislative aide fired for running fake news site that hyped bogus 'voter fraud' stories

[DonViejo]

Source: RawStory

BRAD REED
19 JAN 2017 AT 07:10 ET

A Republican legislative aide in Maryland has been fired after it was revealed that he ran a fake news website that hyped false stories about voter fraud.

The Washington Post reports that Maryland Del. David E. Vogt III immediately fired legislative aide Cameron Harris after learning that he created an article at the website Christian­TimesNewspaper.com that purportedly revealed that Hillary Clinton’s campaign was committing massive voter fraud in Ohio.

“I was shocked to hear that he could do such a thing,” Vogt said after Harris’s dismissal. “He seemed like a bright young man that was interested in getting involved in politics.”

Harris’s article fabricated claims that election officials had discovered tens of thousands of “fraudulent Clinton votes” being stored in an Ohio warehouse. As the New York Times reported earlier this week, that article was shared on Facebook more than 6 million times, despite the fact that it had no basis in reality.

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[Whiskeytide]

1. Why did they fire him? Wasn't that ...

... his job?

[Bernardo de La Paz]

2. He failed at his job: he was discovered. Follow the money and chain of command. . . nt

[democratisphere]

5. Sacrificial sham.

[democratisphere]

3. RepubliCON's are a bunch of liars; biggest disgrace to our nation.

[Gothmog]

4. The GOP is the party of voter suppression and relies on voter suppression to win races

[Botany]

6. Mr. Harris did not do that on his own.

2 things:

1) Was Russian money behind this fake news about voter fraud?

2) How quickly will Mr. Harris be rehired about another republican operation?

[yellowcanine]

7. I was shocked to hear that he could do such a thing, Vogt said after Harriss dismissal.

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[James48]

8. I AM SHOCKED!

SHOCKED I tell you- to learn that there was GAMBLING going on....

[yellowcanine]

9. "Christiantimesnewspaper.com" appears to specialize in this sort of thing.

More fake news stories at their facebook site which I suspect will be taken down soon.
https://www.facebook.com/christiantimesnewspaper/

Not surprising the link about "voter fraud" in NC governor's race no longer works.
http://christiantimesnewspaper.com/breaking-massive-voter-fraud-exposed-in-nc-governors-race/

[Botany]

10. From Snopes

Christian Times Newspaper's report described the above-displayed photograph as showing "Randall Prince" with his discovery of pre-marked Clinton ballots, but this picture was actually taken in 2015 in Birmingham, England, and simply captures a man unloading a truck of ballot boxes at a polling station. It appears that CTN altered the photograph (removing "Ballot Box" from some of the boxes and reversing the image) in an apparent attempt to make it difficult to find the original picture:

http://www.snopes.com/clinton-votes-found-in-warehouse/