{"id":2813,"date":"2019-04-06T19:34:13","date_gmt":"2019-04-06T19:34:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/?p=2813"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T17:00:00","slug":"Satire---'18-Million-Birds-Dead-New-Year's-Eve'","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/?p=2813","title":{"rendered":"Satire &#8211; &#8217;18 Million Birds Dead New Year&#8217;s Eve&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<h2>Outline<\/h2>\n<p>Circulating report claims that 18 million blackbirds fell dead on New Year&#8217;s Eve in Beebe, Arkansas. The message includes an image depicting a worker picking up the bodies of the dead birds. \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<h2>Brief Analysis<\/h2>\n<p>The claims in the message are false. The report originates from the satirical website &#8220;RockCity Times&#8221; and is a work of fiction. The image has been digitally manipulated. The original photograph showed only a scattering of dead birds. It was taken in 2011 during clean up after a real mass bird death event.<\/p>\n<h2>Example<\/h2>\n<div class=\"example\">\n<p>18 Million Blackbirds Dead on New Year&#8217;s Eve in Beebe, Species Likely Extinct<\/p>\n<p>Beebe, AR \u00e2\u20ac\u201d Wildlife officials estimate that over 18 million black birds fell to their death over a one mile area within Beebe Arkansas at midnight.This marks the fourth consecutive year that the \u00a0birds have died at midnight on New Year&#8217;s Eve in the same area. The number of birds this year greatly exceed previous year&#8217;s totals.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/blackbird-mass-death-satire-1.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"23759\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/satire-18-million-birds-dead-new-years-eve\/blackbird-mass-death-satire-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/blackbird-mass-death-satire-1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"386,318\" 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=\"blackbird-mass-death-satire-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/blackbird-mass-death-satire-1-300x247.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/blackbird-mass-death-satire-1.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-23759\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/blackbird-mass-death-satire-1.jpg\" alt=\"Dead Blackbirds Satire Post\" width=\"386\" height=\"318\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/blackbird-mass-death-satire-1.jpg 386w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/blackbird-mass-death-satire-1-300x247.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 386px) 100vw, 386px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Detailed Analysis<\/h2>\n<p>According to a \u00a0<a class=\"norm\" title=\"18 Million Blackbirds Dead on New Year's Eve in Beebe, Species Likely Extinct\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rockcitytimes.com\/18-million-blackbirds-dead-years-eve-beebe-species-extinct\/\">report<\/a> \u00a0that is currently travelling via social media and the blogosphere, 18 million blackbirds died on New Year&#8217;s Eve in Beebe, Arkansas. The report claims that the red-winged blackbirds fell to their deaths over a one-mile area right on midnight and the species is now likely extinct. \u00a0<\/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 report includes an image supposedly depicting a street strewn with masses of blackbird bodies and a worker apparently tackling the massive job of picking them all up.<\/p>\n<p>However, the claims in the story are false. The report comes courtesy of the satirical website, &#8220;RockCity Times&#8221;. \u00a0 The site makes its satirical nature quite clear to visitors. Its title banner includes the slogan, &#8220;Arkansas&#8217; 2nd most unreliable news source&#8221;. A disclaimer in the footer of the site&#8217;s pages notes:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>The content on here is presented as fictional news with an intent for humor<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>And, a link labelled &#8220;Help! I&#8217;m Confused or Offended!&#8221; points to Wikipedia&#8217;s write-up on satire.<\/p>\n<p>Alas, quite a few visitors apparently miss these obvious clues and believe what they are reading.<\/p>\n<p>But what of the (badly) photoshopped image used in the fake article? In fact, the image was taken from \u00a0<a class=\"norm\" title=\"Aparecen miles de p\u00c3\u00a1jaros muertos m\u00c3\u00a1s en Estados Unidos - ABC.es\" href=\"http:\/\/www.abc.es\/20110112\/sociedad\/abci-pajaros-201101112312.html\">2011 news reports<\/a> \u00a0discussing real mass bird deaths. It depicts a worker retrieving bird bodies after such an event. However, the \u00a0<a class=\"norm\" title=\"Why do birds fall dead to the ground \" href=\"https:\/\/tech.sme.sk\/c\/5709995\/preco-padaju-mrtve-vtaky-na-zem.html\">original photograph<\/a> \u00a0shows only a few dead birds.<\/p>\n<p>The one question left to ponder? What publication takes the title of &#8220;Arkansas&#8217; MOST unreliable news source&#8221;?<\/p>\n<p><\/br><\/br> Original Source : <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/satire-18-million-birds-dead-new-years-eve\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/satire-18-million-birds-dead-new-years-eve\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Outline Circulating report claims that 18 million blackbirds fell dead on New Year&#8217;s Eve in Beebe, Arkansas. The message includes an image depicting a worker picking up the bodies of the dead birds. \u00a0 Brief Analysis The claims in the message are false. The report originates from the satirical website &#8220;RockCity Times&#8221; and is a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6890,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2813","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hoax-inggris"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2813"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2813"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2813\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6890"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2813"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2813"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2813"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}