{"id":1035,"date":"2019-04-06T19:33:30","date_gmt":"2019-04-06T19:33:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/?p=1035"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T17:00:00","slug":"Blue&#039;s-Clues-Star-Steve-Burns-Did-NOT-Die-in-a-Car-Accident---Hoax-Slayer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/?p=1035","title":{"rendered":"Blue&#039;s Clues Star Steve Burns Did NOT Die in a Car Accident &#8211; Hoax-Slayer"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div class=\"inner-post-entry\">\n<p>According to a report circulating via social media and the blogosphere, Steve Burns, former host of popular children&#8217;s TV show Blue&#8217;s Clues, has died in a car accident.<\/p>\n<p>The report claims that the US entertainer was killed in a one-car crash in Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n<p>However, the claims in the report are false. Steve Burns is not dead. There are no credible news sources that support the claims in the report.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\"\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\n     data-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-0355887770822260\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"9162856233\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p> The @SteveBurnsAlive twitter account sums up the issue rather eloquently with the \u00a0following post:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>I think the worst part about the latest rumor of my demise is that in it I was driving a Dodge Charger. Still arguably #alive, folks. Sorry.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In fact, Steve has been the subject of a number of death hoaxes over many years.<\/p>\n<p>The false death \u00a0report comes from a dodgy fake-news website \u00a0called msmbc.com. This nasty clickbait website churns out a stream of &#8216;shocking&#8217; and entirely fictional stories disguised as news. The fake news site tries to further the \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/four-ways-that-fake-news-sites-trick-people-into-believing-and-sharing\/\">illusion of legitimacy<\/a> \u00a0by using a name very similar to the genuine news site msnbc.<\/p>\n<p>The goal of the site&#8217;s owners is to trick as many people as possible into visiting and sharing its fake material, thereby increasing advertising revenue.<\/p>\n<p>Nothing published on the website should be taken seriously. It is wise to check any social media reports that claim a celebrity has died before sharing them. If a famous person really does die, the news will be extensively covered by the mainstream media and should be easily verified via an online news search.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"noMargin\">Example<\/h3>\n<div class=\"example\">\n<p><strong>Blues Clues&#8217; Steve Burns dies in car accident at age 42<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Steve Burns, 42, was killed in a one-car crash in Pennsylvania, a local coroner said Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Burns was pronounced dead at 7:11 p.m. Friday at The Reading Hospital and Medical Center in Reading, Berks County Coroner Randall Wiseman told The Associated Press.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/steve-burns-death-hoax-1.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"24515\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/blues-clues-star-steve-burns-did-not-die-in-a-car-accident\/steve-burns-death-hoax-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/steve-burns-death-hoax-1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"507,398\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"steve-burns-death-hoax-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/steve-burns-death-hoax-1-300x236.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/steve-burns-death-hoax-1.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-24515\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/steve-burns-death-hoax-1.jpg\" alt=\"Steve Burns Death Hoax\" width=\"507\" height=\"398\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/steve-burns-death-hoax-1.jpg 507w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/steve-burns-death-hoax-1-300x236.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/steve-burns-death-hoax-1-500x393.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 507px) 100vw, 507px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/br><\/br> Original Source : <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.com\/steve-burns-death-hoax.shtml\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.com\/steve-burns-death-hoax.shtml<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to a report circulating via social media and the blogosphere, Steve Burns, former host of popular children&#8217;s TV show Blue&#8217;s Clues, has died in a car accident. The report claims that the US entertainer was killed in a one-car crash in Pennsylvania. However, the claims in the report are false. 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