US Politics | Why is ‘George Soros dead’ trending?
GEORGE Soros is trending \- with the internet gripped by another fake obituary. The Hungarian-American philanthropist is the latest victim of a death hoax.
AFPGeorge Soros, 92, is alive and well despite rumous on Twitter '/ ' Why is George Soros dead trending? ...George Soros dead... is trending because of a fake obituary on Twitter. It's not the first time Soros' ...death... made headline news. In 2013, Reuters accidentally published an obituary on Soros. The news agency realized it was a death hoax and quickly pulled the report. READ MORE ON NEWS
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TAKING FLIGHT Musk's Twitter 2.0 plans call for video chat, voice calls and encrypted DMs What has been said about George Soros? People on Twitter were declaring the successful financier dead. The account ...anti-woke... tweeted: ...BREAKING: According to media reports George Soros has died earlier today aged 92 in Hungary.... But HITC shot down the claim. They said: ...George is alive and he's also in the news for his business ventures.... Most read in The US Sun DARK DEEDS Chilling note found by Walmart 'mass shooter's' body 'listed his targets' TIP TWIST Quinton Simon's grandmother 'tipped off FBI about toddler's mom' before arrest INVISIBILITY CLOAK Invisibility sweater tricks AI so you can't be seen on security cameras CLIFF TRAGEDY Mountain hiker plunges 1,000ft to her death as friends hear chilling screams SUNNY SLIPS UP The View's Sunny gets abruptly corrected by producers after major mistake 'GET WELL SOON' Al Roker looks unrecognizable in new Instagram post amid health battle Who started the rumors? It's not clear who started the rumor, but it seems it started spreading on Tuesday, November 22, 2022. One person wrote: ...Is it true that George Soros died today?... Another said: ...Fake news spreading about the death of George Soros. ...I was immediately suspicious when they said he died in Hungary. I believe he's banned from Hungary.... Who is George Soros? Soros is a Hungarian-American businessman and philanthropist. As of November 2022, he has a net worth of US$6.7billion, according to Forbes. He was born in Budapest on August 12, 1930, to a non-observant Jewish family. His birth name is György Schwartz, with the family changing their Jewish sounding surname to Soros in 1936. He survived the Nazi occupation of Hungary and later moved to the UK to study. Read More on The US Sun
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