Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Jackie Chan dies of a heart attack

The false death of Jackie Chan becomes world's Topic Twitter Trending. Hong Kong actor is the victim of a false story that has viralizado through microblogging network and that has confused Internet

"Jackie Chan dies of a heart attack." Is the holder of an apparently false story published today on a website calling itself '7 News'. The text explains that Hong Kong actor had died Saturday night in a Los Angeles hospital due to "the stress endured." The news reference even to Barack Obama. According to the report, the U.S. President had expressed his condolences over the "loss" of the popular actor.

Google does not offer more support information sources, Wikipedia DeadorAliveinfo.com behind it and not an indicator of earthly existence of celebrities, reports that the actor is still alive and kicking.

But the best evidence that the news is completely false is that this is not the first time that the nets kill Jackie Chan. Last August the same rumor spread, again causing a stir among netizens. At that time the side of the story was the same: Jackie Chan died of a heart attack.

Comparing the two false news, which today is in the air medium Twitter and August 2010, we find more matches. One example is the alleged statement of Barack Obama, with the same exact words. The two texts agree also on the supposed message of condolence actor Will Smith: words that are equal in the two stories, one after another. More? The two news remark that the family still has not made any official announcement of death. The only thing that differentiate the two stories that fueled the false rumor of the death of Jackie Chan is in the place of death.

The news has quickly viralizado social networks and the phrase '# RIP Jackie Chan' has quickly become Topic Trending world, ie one of the key phrases most mentioned by Twitter users at this time.

Some users of Twitter, misplaced, in their tweets wonder if some information. Others write messages of condolence and remembrance of the late actor who believe a few others explain that the rumor was, in the first instance, all a "shock" to them.

The latest news on Jackie Chan one days ago. AFP reported that the martial arts expert will join other celebrities on 1 April in a fundraising concert for victims of Japanese disaster. That's when the actor resurrect ... at least online.

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