Reba McEntire is rumored to be facing “serious charges” and has asked for prayers regarding the Fox News lawsuit. Here is the truth
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Country singer Reba McEntire faces “serious charges” and asked for prayers regarding a lawsuit involving Fox News and one of its hosts, Martha MacCallum.
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In April 2024, a paid ad with a photo of country singer and “The Voice” reality TV coach Reba McEntire was posted on Facebook, claiming, “Reba McEntire faces serious charges, prayers.”
Users who clicked on the Facebook ad were taken to what looked like an article on FoxNews.com. The page displayed the Fox News design, colors and logo. The byline of the article showed the name Brit Humethe chief political analyst of the information network.
The headline read: “Reba McEntire’s solution to reversing dementia triggers huge legal pressure on Fox. She finally fought back!” The article stated that Fox News host Martha MacCallum planned to file a lawsuit against McEntire and the network for violating some sort of contract, supposedly regarding McEntire’s creation of products named Makers CBD Gummies or Bloom CBD Gummies.
However, this is not a real article published by Fox News. The article published on the fraudulent website lasaa.ink. According to a search of lasaa.ink with the ICANN search tool, the domain holder may reside in China.
As our “fake” fact-checking note at the top of this article states, the story about McEntire, MacCallum, Fox News, Hume, the lawsuit and the CBD gummies was completely false. Scammers created the Facebook ad and fake article in an attempt to trick users into believing snake oil promises about being able to “reverse dementia”, all to try to get them to subscribe without Find out about monthly subscriptions for CBD Gummies products – in this case Makers CBD Gummies and Bloom CBD Gummies.
McEntire has never had anything to do with CBD gummies, keto gummies, or other similar products. The scammers inappropriately used her image and likeness to sell candy, just as they had done in the past with Oprah Winfrey, Kelly Clarkson, Ree Drummond, Dr. Mehmet Oz and so many other famous people.
Additionally, Snopes has been tracking these scams for years. Meta has been accepting money to display these same types of fake and fraudulent paid ads on McEntire and gummies since at least August 2022, as we previously reported. These kinds of false and potentially defamatory ads specifically about the country singer have been disseminated to users — with seemingly little to no resistance from the multibillion-dollar social media company — for at least 20 months. Many other ads featuring other celebrities inappropriately have also been served to users for years.
Part of the fake and fraudulent article on lasaa.ink reads:
Her product, Makers CBD Gummies (or Bloom CBD Gummies), disappeared from shelves within minutes and Reba McEntire says her struggle right now is being able to keep up with demand. Its CBD wellness line is 90% cheaper and five times more effective than those offered by Bayer and other “Big Pharma” companies.
Martha MacCallum was furious after seeing several sponsors stop their sponsorship and begin suing Fox News Network. Martha is now calling for Reba McEntire to be indicted, saying, “I’m glad Reba McEntire found something to replace the prescriptions, but her announcement was a direct breach of contract. Fox News should fire her immediately and she should formally apologize .”
Reba McEntire appeared on Live TV again the next day, not to apologize, but to offer viewers discounted samples.
One tactic that scammers often use is to mention the words “Big Pharma”, “Big Energy”, “Big Tech” or other similar phrases in their fraudulent pitches. Fraudsters include these phrases not as real warnings about the problems associated with “Big Pharma” and others, but rather to play on the emotions of potential victims, all to try to make them believe that purchasing a product will reduce the profits of the tycoons. sitting at the top of said industries.
In February 2024, McEntire posted a statement on social media telling his followers not to fall for scams involving gummies. Unfortunately, these messages likely only reach a small number of people who might one day receive a paid ad for this scam.
https://www.facebook.com/reba/posts/pfbid0m8nmcnedhVBwnCSG13qSFiqR8PmAxgsG69BpSVC3wLMEZ3EQbKUNwdV9WkKgshmol
In March, Snopes emailed the public affairs office of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission to ask if it was investigating the existence and massive scope of CBD and keto gummies scams. We have not received any responses and have yet to receive any substantial news about steps organizations are taking to find ways to stop the scams and help consumers. Meanwhile, Meta continues to approve several thousand fraudulent ads to show to its users – Meta profiting from these ads.
Sources:
“British Hume.” Fox Newshttps://www.foxnews.com/person/h/brit-hume.
ICANN Search. https://lookup.icann.org/en.
Ortutay, Barbara. “Meta Posts Strong Profit and Revenue Increase in Q4 Thanks to Cost Cuts and Advertising Rebound.” The Associated PressFebruary 1, 2024, https://apnews.com/article/meta-facebook-instagram-earnings-revenue-profit-abc3e389d97fb97c661ccb6acfcf65c7.
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