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May 23, 2023

Fake image of Pentagon explosion briefly sends jitters through stock market

By PHILIP MARCELO
Associated Press

An image of black smoke billowing next to a bureaucratic-looking building spread across social media Monday morning, with the claim that it showed an explosion near the Pentagon.

The posts sent a brief shiver through the stock market and were quickly picked up by news outlets outside the U.S., before officials jumped in to clarify that no blast actually took place and the photo was a fake.


 
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