'Oh my God...Its fake': Far right falls for hoax about Broward County sheriff

[DonViejo]

By MARC CAPUTO 03/23/2018 05:06 AM EDT

In the wake of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School massacre, the far-right fever swamps buzzed with false information and conspiracy theories about student “crisis actors” who were paid to lie about the mass shooting.

But ironically, conspiracy-minded conservatives fell for a political hoax involving a different kind of actor. The subject? Broward County’s Democratic sheriff, Scott Israel.

Israel for the past month has been assailed as everything from a “rapist” to a philanderer to a crooked cop thanks to three old YouTube videos in which a mystery woman accused him of impregnating her when she was 17 and forcing her to get an abortion. The videos together have been viewed almost 130,000 times since the Feb. 14 shooting. But all of it was a lie, the woman and her attorney, Yechezkel Rodal, now tell POLITICO, which found her by combing internet videos and social media.

“I was paid to say these things. I didn’t even know what I was saying,” said the woman, who spoke with POLITICO on condition of anonymity because she fears political retribution from Internet trolls or from the sheriff’s office, which does not know her identity. “I’m sorry … It’s fake.”

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https://www.politico.com/story/2018/03/23/florida-school-shooting-sheriff-hoax-482170

[Caliman73]

1. Oh my god, Crooked Hillary got to her to silence her.

Is what the conservatives are going to say. One thing that conservatives do not typically do is admit when they are wrong or got tricked. Unfortunately most of those guys will deny their belief or just move on to the next fake conspiracy.

[poboy2]

2. This is how they will react, almost certainly. -nt

[ProfessorGAC]

3. You Forgot To Mention The Deep State

It's something something Hillary, something something liberals, something something muslims, something something deep state.

Try to memorize the script and don't make me come over there!

[NewJeffCT]

4. the Deep State led by Ellen DeGeneres

Didn't Don Jr or Eric mention that a few months back - Ellen being a Deep State leader?

[ProfessorGAC]

8. Yeah, Her, Me, and You

Can't trust any of us.

[Caliman73]

11. I was going to write that but they were watching me.

I don't want another visit from the black helicopters, or is it the Black Lives Matter helicopters. It's hard to keep track of all of the forces out to get us.

Gotta go and readjust my tinfoil hat...

[JDC]

5. She should fear more than "political retribution"

She should be in legal trouble. Serious legal trouble.

[oberliner]

7. Unless this is also BS

Anonymous source?

[Shrike47]

9. You mean the 17 year old paid to make the video? She was an actress playing a role.

No reason she should be punished any more than people who promote men’s ‘enhancement’ products on the radio.

[JDC]

10. You are right. I had not watched the video and in reviewing it, it is clearly her reading a script

You can literally see her reading it. Once I actually got into the article and getting to the video itself . Shame on me for not digging in prior to my comments.

[HopeAgain]

6. YouTube is as bad as FaceBook

They want no responsibility, just sit back and collect the revenues.