Last week, I pondered on Twitter if the First Lady was actually a Second Lady. Within a week, this lone act of rogue content creation had made headlines around the worldFinally, some fake news I can get behind. “Absolutely convinced Melania is being played by a Melania impersonator these days,” my painstaking investigation read. In the case of Sky News, the entire backdrop was given over to a splitscreen of “Melania” at the Secret Service facility and a verified Melania image, with the chyron demanding: “DOES THE FIRST LADY HAVE A BODY DOUBLE?”Marina Hyde (@MarinaHyde) Absolutely convinced Melania is being played by a Melania impersonator these days. As you will note, this lone act of rogue content creation has now given me an item for this week’s column.

Source: The Guardian October 19, 2017 16:31 UTC