AbcNews.com.co

http://abcnews.com.co/

Launched:
Unknown, possibly February 2016. The "Contact Us" page link (as well as several other page links) goes to a photo of a building with a Topeka, Kansas mailing address and phone number listed below. The building in the photo is Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka, according to Wikipedia. The site was first tracked by the Internet Archive Wayback Machine on Feb. 3, 2016. The site's owner is Paul Horner, who is a frequent writer of fake-news stories, according to Wikipedia.

Political position:
No discernable political position. The stories are all fake but do not indicate any specific political leaning. One story (they are all fake) is about Obama signing an order banning the Pledge of Allegiance in schools. Another is about a shooter on Capitol Hill being a right-wing extremist.

Trustworthy:
This is a fake news site. At least one of the story links goes to a spam site which will require a computer reboot. The site's design and typeface is very similar to the real ABC News site. AbcNews.com.co does not currently have a logo, but the site once used a logo very similar to the real ABC logo.

Other points:
AbcNews.com.co seems to be making an attempt at Onion-style humor."

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