Published date: 2 April 2021 10:07 UTC | Last update: 23 sec ago
For many, the Guardian s story on 1 April about a project to build a second Suez Canal going through Israel was clearly too good to believe or outright fake news. After all, the story was written by a fake reporter and all the sources were made up.
But the conspiracy-ridden Turkish media quickly fell for this April Fool’s prank. Even the BBC s esteemed Turkish service translated the story on Thursday as if it was serious news and distributed it to all its partners in Turkey s media.
The Suez Canal has been a top news item in recent days, after the mammoth Ever Given container ship got jammed across the waterway, cutting off the vital trade artery for a week.
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