Did a teenager get his throat slashed by ejecting Xbox One disc?
Summary: A teenager was killed after his Xbox One forcefully ejected a disc that slashed his throat.
Originated from: Newswatch33.com
Date(s) active: July 2015
Date(s) active: July 2015
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Rumours are circulating through social media – especially Twitter – that a teenager named Marcus Davenport was tragically killed after his Xbox One forcefully ejected a disc so hard that it slashed his throat. The claims trace back to an article on NewsWatch33.com that reads in part –
Marcus Davenport, 17, was found dead in his bedroom when police were called to the home after his mother discovered his body. According to reports, the Xbox One forcefully ejected a disc, slicing the teens throat.Marcus Davenport was an avid gamer who was known for his kill streaks on Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare. Davenport was popular amongst the Xbox community and contributed to gamer blogs and forums such as IGN, Se7enSins, and Kotaku.
However the reports can easily be dismissed as fake. The images used to illustrate the article have been taken elsewhere from the Internet and have nothing to do with such a story. The article was published on July 25th 2015 by a website NewsWatch33.com and there appears to be no other sources collaborating the story.
This essentially confirms the story is a hoax because NewsWatch33 is a fake news website. They recently garnered quite a lot of attention after writing a fake story about a woman who was hospitalised after her butt implants exploded in a gym – a story that incidentally fooled plenty of legitimate media outlets.
They also helped an on-going rumor about NASA confirming 15 days of darkness spread across social media.
The fake news website has a hefty disclaimer on a difficult-to-locate page that says in part –
NewsWatch33.com is a news platform covering major current events. Most of these events are truthful with a shock factor……we make no representations or warranties of any kind, express or implied, about the completeness, accuracy, reliability, suitability or availability with respect to the website or the information, products, services, or related graphics contained on the website for any purpose. Any reliance you place on such information is therefore strictly at your own risk.
Whilst many fake news websites claim in disclaimers that they print satirical news, NewsWatch33.com does not, instead claiming that they cannot be held accountable for any inaccurate information they publish. Other similar fake news websites exist, possibly run by the same person(s) including NewsWatch28.com which has also been responsible for starting many viral rumours in the past.
The fake news website – at the time of this article – are also asking for authors to join their “creative writing” team, suggesting they have no real intention to start publishing real news in the near future.
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