{"id":1917,"date":"2019-04-06T19:33:51","date_gmt":"2019-04-06T19:33:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/?p=1917"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T17:00:00","slug":"Hoax-News-Report-Claims-Oscar-Pistorius-Committed-Suicide---Oscar-Pistorius-is-NOT-Dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/?p=1917","title":{"rendered":"Hoax-News Report Claims Oscar Pistorius Committed Suicide &#8211; Oscar Pistorius is NOT Dead"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Yet another fake death report is circulating via social media.  \u00a0The report claims that South African Paralympic gold medallist and convicted murderer Oscar Pistorius has hanged himself in his prison cell.  \u00a0 <\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- HS Net Top Content Responsive --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-0355887770822260\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"4870821038\"\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p>There is <a href=\"http:\/\/citizen.co.za\/news\/1575856\/fake-news-says-oscar-pistorius-committed-suicide\/\">no truth to the claims<\/a>. \u00a0Oscar Pistorius has not committed suicide. There are no credible news reports that support the death claims.<\/p>\n<p>The false report comes from a dodgy  \u00a0&#8220;news&#8221; website called &#8220;City Herald&#8221;. The site mixes factual reports with reports that are simply made up and makes no effort to differentiate between the two.<\/p>\n<p>Hoax-news reports that claim that a famous person has committed suicide are especially reprehensible and the people who perpetrate them are beneath contempt. Mental health experts have found an increase in suicide rates after media reports about celebrity suicides. Thus, a heinous hoax report like this one could have deadly consequences.<\/p>\n<p>Scammers and peddlers of hoax-news <a href=\"http:\/\/hoax-slayer.net\/category\/death-scams-and-hoaxes\/\">regularly publish false reports claiming that a famous person has died<\/a> in order to <a href=\"http:\/\/hoax-slayer.net\/dont-get-caught-by-celebrity-death-hoaxes-and-scams\/\">trick people into visiting scam websites<\/a>.  \u00a0It is thus <a href=\"http:\/\/hoax-slayer.net\/four-quick-ways-to-spot-fake-news-stories\/\">wise to verify<\/a> any celebrity death posts that come your way before you click on them or share them with others.<\/p>\n<p>If a famous &#8211; or infamous &#8211; person does die, then main stream news outlets around the world will be sure to cover it. So, a quick search on a news portal such as Google News will likely \u00a0reveal if a circulating \u00a0celebrity death report is true.  \u00a0<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- HSNet Article Center --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-0355887770822260\" data-ad-slot=\"5727909035\" data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<h2>An example of the post:<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/oscar-pistorius-death-hoax-1.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"9075\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/hoax-news-report-claims-oscar-pistorius-committed-suicide-oscar-pistorius-not-dead\/oscar-pistorius-death-hoax-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/oscar-pistorius-death-hoax-1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,623\" 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=\"oscar-pistorius-death-hoax-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/oscar-pistorius-death-hoax-1-300x234.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/oscar-pistorius-death-hoax-1.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9075\" src=\"https:\/\/hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/oscar-pistorius-death-hoax-1.jpg\" alt=\"Oscar Pistorius Death Hoax Post\" width=\"800\" height=\"623\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/oscar-pistorius-death-hoax-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/oscar-pistorius-death-hoax-1-300x234.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/oscar-pistorius-death-hoax-1-768x598.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/oscar-pistorius-death-hoax-1-500x389.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/oscar-pistorius-death-hoax-1-585x456.jpg 585w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- Third Content Ad Responsive --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-0355887770822260\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"1909104632\"\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- HS Net Bottom AdLinks --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-0355887770822260\" data-ad-slot=\"1358951439\" data-ad-format=\"link\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><\/br><\/br> Original Source : <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/hoax-news-report-claims-oscar-pistorius-committed-suicide-oscar-pistorius-not-dead\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/hoax-news-report-claims-oscar-pistorius-committed-suicide-oscar-pistorius-not-dead\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yet another fake death report is circulating via social media. \u00a0The report claims that South African Paralympic gold medallist and convicted murderer Oscar Pistorius has hanged himself in his prison cell. \u00a0 There is no truth to the claims. \u00a0Oscar Pistorius has not committed suicide. 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