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Outlets have been wrongfully reporting that Banksy was arrested and his identity was revealed. Unfortunately for all curious fans out there, the street artist is not 35-year-old Paul Horner.
Screenshot: http://nationalreport.net/banksy-arrested-identity-revealed/
Fortunately, Banksy was not arrested and taken into custody on Monday. The hoax was initiated by National Report, an independent fake news outlet, reporting on an imagined press conference and inventing quotes from a fictional “London Police Chief Lyndon Edwards” leaving fans confused and angry. If anyne would have bothered clicking ont he website’s front page they probably would have realized that this is a satirical website (The front page reads “17 Texas Kindergarteners Contract Ebola After Exposure To Liberian Foreign Exchange Student“) Banksy quickly became a trending topic on twitter and the story was shared millions of times on Facebook.
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