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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHow Cher could have responded to Caroline Leavitt (Cher did not say this!!!) ...
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(26,371 posts)Or Patti LaBelle? https://www.facebook.com/100093110930017/posts/sit-down-baby-girl-patti-labelle-suddenly-calls-karoline-leavitt-a-privilege-pup/666751549771870/
Or Rory McIlroy? https://www.facebook.com/61571577174576/posts/sit-down-baby-girl-privilege-puppet-hes-just-a-golfer-rory-mcilroy-silences-crit/122150470028719239/
Or any of a dozen other celebrities? https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/celebrity/articles/fact-check-cher-did-not-055832259.html
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The Facebook page "Venus of Sound" which was used to promote the story had a page transparency tab (archived here) indicating it was run by several people in Vietnam, among others.
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mcar
(45,690 posts)hamsterjill
(17,059 posts)It even sounded like her!!! LOL
mwmisses4289
(3,257 posts)It's a pretty good takedown of lying levit.
Liberal In Texas
(15,991 posts)Suggest you do the same.
marble falls
(71,104 posts)SCantiGOP
(14,664 posts)Should be deleted.
This isnt Truth Social.
marble falls
(71,104 posts)highplainsdem
(60,076 posts)your OP tricks other DUers. I really don't understand why you act like you don't care that the story's fake.
marble falls
(71,104 posts)WhiskeyGrinder
(26,371 posts)marble falls
(71,104 posts)highplainsdem
(60,076 posts)don't care how many people are tricked by your OP. Which shows contempt for the DUers you're now _deliberately_ tricking by not deleting or correcting that OP.
Want to rethink what you're doing here?
marble falls
(71,104 posts)SCantiGOP
(14,664 posts)Putting you on Full Ignore means I wont have to see any future purposeful false clickbaits.
EarlG
(23,380 posts)You can cite the TOS because you know that we have no specific content rule against posting false information on DU. But it seems to me that it should be simply taken for granted that it is good behavior, not to mention common sense, to avoid posting something fake like this. I don't think the fact that 55 people (so far) have been fooled into recommending this thread is something to be proud of. My suggestion would be to self-delete.
marble falls
(71,104 posts)highplainsdem
(60,076 posts)creating with this post and refusal to correct or delete it.
EarlG
(23,380 posts)And that has been done in this thread, by myself and others. Self-deleting was a suggestion, which you are free to choose to ignore.
My opinion is that OPs who post fake information should take it upon themselves, out of respect for the community, to self-delete that fake information or post a correction to let people know that it is fake. I will say that the vast majority of the time when someone posts fake information, they do the right thing and take it down or correct it, probably because most DUers do not want to get a reputation as someone who will gladly lie to their fellow community members in order to get recs.
mahina
(20,434 posts)It is identified as incorrect information. Do you have a response to that?
Lots of people will just read the headline and walk away thinking something is true when it is not
Thanks very much.
DFW
(59,746 posts)Well, OK, truth be told, we "borrowed" Cher for this, but we are fairly sure it reflected/reflects her sentiments:
highplainsdem
(60,076 posts)DFW
(59,746 posts)Of course, that wasnt really Cher singing in the video, either.
NNadir
(37,313 posts)WhiskeyGrinder
(26,371 posts)Celerity
(53,705 posts)NNadir
(37,313 posts)highplainsdem
(60,076 posts)contempt for those celebrities, even when they claim to be fans (like some fraudulent AI users making deepfake videos).
NNadir
(37,313 posts)If I were a celebrity, I would expect I would generate some contempt.
Jimvanhise
(563 posts)She is probably one of the only Trump insiders who won't be indicted because lying and being stupid isn't a crime.
NH Ethylene
(31,294 posts)Or was that BS too? I can't imagine that she would echo his words without giving him a nod.
WhiskeyGrinder
(26,371 posts)highplainsdem
(60,076 posts)it or edit it, including in the subject line, to make it clear you'd been tricked by another fake.
I've seen OPs with deepfakes and fake stories hidden when the DUer didn't correct or delete them after being made aware they weren't real.
I'm not alerting on this and I hope others won't, either, but IMO you owe it to DUers to correct or delete something as misleading as that OP. As it stands, you're tricking DUers who might not see the replies and might copy that fake story elsewhere, making them look like fools.
LetMyPeopleVote
(175,025 posts)Cher just mopped the floor with Karolyin' Leavitt.
— (@idgee.bsky.social) 2025-12-20T19:04:38.692Z
She even went after that girl's parents, epic move.
highplainsdem
(60,076 posts)orleans
(36,674 posts)as if you don't give a shit that some duers believe your bullshit post, you won't delete it, and won't even edit to let readers know it's complete crap is very inconsiderate and rude and shows how little you think of the rest of us. you'd rather lie to us than own up to your mistake (or just delete it!)
and what do you have against cher that you want to keep spreading this lie about her?
fuck this. you lost all credibility imo
tavernier
(14,274 posts)DU shouldnt look like a house occupied by hoarders.
Just the facts, please.