A fake NYT article claiming Elizabeth Warren endorsed Bernie Sanders was shared 50,000 times

A fake New York Times story with the headline “Warren Endorses Sanders, Breaking With Colleagues.” widely circulated throughout the Internet on Monday, being shared more than 50,000 times. NYT says the website was created through Clone Zone, a website that allows users to make website “clones” of established websites. The fake story was removed by Tuesday, and Clone Zone blocked the nytimes.com domain from being cloned by others.

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