DNC 'surprise' that wasn't: How the media helped spread totally fake rumor about Beyoncé, Taylor Swift by Robert Schmad, Daily Caller News Foundation

At 1:07 p.m. EDT on Thursday “That Gay Guy Candle Co” posted to social media claiming that the Democratic National Convention (DNC) would have a surprise speaker, becoming one of the first large social media accounts to amplify rumors that later developed into two mainstream outlets publishing false reports. After That Gay Guy Candle Co made their since-deleted X post referencing a CNN reporter on a possible surprise event, several other large liberal accounts began to spread the rumors, according to posts reviewed by the Daily Caller News Foundation. The...