The history behind that fake photo of a shark swimming on a highway

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The internet has always been filled with hoaxes, fakes, liars, and cheats, long before the term "fake news" became a household phrase. But no matter how many times a fake image of a shark swimming on a flooded highway shows up, the internet continues to fall for it. 

Hurricanes Harvey and Irma had major impacts on the U.S. in the last few weeks, which means social media was ripe with incredible stories, videos, and pictures of the storms and their aftermaths. Among the real stories, there were of course fakes. On Aug. 27, Twitter user Jason Michael shared an infamous photo of a shark swimming on a flooded highway.  Read more...

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The history behind that fake photo of a shark swimming on a highway The history behind that fake photo of a shark swimming on a highway Reviewed by mimisabreena on Thursday, September 14, 2017 Rating: 5

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