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Why an Israeli Black Ops Team Had to Kill Emmanuel the Emu

haaretz.com

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Re: Why an Israeli Black Ops Team Had to Kill Emmanuel the Emu

#5
clickbait alert:

> He was tasked with spreading a rumor on Twitter that Emmanuel the Emu had passed away, using the hashtag #RIP_Emmanuel.

This is a disinformation company that spread the false rumor that Emanuel died. They didn't "have" to do it, and they didn't actually kill him.

Re: Why an Israeli Black Ops Team Had to Kill Emmanuel the Emu

#6
post #5

clickbait alert: > He was tasked with spreading a rumor on Twitter that Emmanuel the Emu had passed away, using the hashtag #RIP_Emmanuel. This is a disinformation company that spread the false rumor that Emanuel died. They didn't "have" to do it, and they didn't actually kill him.

Isn't the clickbait aspect sort of the point of the article?