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Texas Town Quarantined After Family of Five Test Positive for Ebola

The article below: "Texas Town Quarantined After Family Of Five Test Positive For The Ebola Virus," published on fake or news satirical website www.nationalreport.net, is a hoax. The articles on the website are fictional and should not be taken as facts.

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The Fake News: Texas Town Quarantined After Family Of Five Test Positive For The Ebola Virus

It has been verified that Jack Phillips returned from Dallas last week while on business. Shortly after arriving home, Mr. Phillips began exhibiting flu-like symptoms, but did not immediately go to the hospital. At this time his wife and children began showing similar symptoms, which provoked the family to get tested. Doctors then learned that Phillips, his wife, and three children had contracted Ebola haemorrhagic fever.

This news article is called news satire, also called fake news, and is a type of a humorous imitation presented in a format typical of mainstream journalism, and called a satire because of its content.

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