A screenshot of a fake news article falsely stating a Sheepshead Bay eatery tested positive for coronavirus.
Image courtesy of Metin Turan
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COURIER LIFE, MARCH 20-26, 2020 19
BY JESSICA PARKS
A doctored Daily News
article falsely claimed that
a Sheepshead Bay mainstay
has tested positive for coronavirus,
setting off a panic
on southern Brooklyn social
media.
The owners of Anatolian
Gyro — on E. 16th Street and
Sheepshead Bay Road — addressed
the false conspiracy,
saying the rumors had no basis
in reality.
“Recently there has been
FAKE NEWS being passed
around between our fabled
neighborhood that puts Anatolian
Gyro in a bad light,”
Metin Turan wrote in a post
on the eatery’s Facebook
page. “We have NOT been infected,
nor has anyone who
tested positive for any sort of
virus including the coronavirus
visited us.”
Turan said his daughter
fi rst saw the doctored article
posted on the photo-sharing
app Snapchat — and then became
worried as the misinformation
began to spread on
social media.
The restaurateur’s fears
became a reality the day after
the fake article spread,
when the Turkish food joint
sat unusually quiet — likely
out of unwarranted fears of
the deadly contagion.
The Daily News reporter
who allegedly wrote the fake
article took to social media to
clarify that he had no knowledge
of the supposed article.
“This image has been circulating
but it seems to be
fake,” wrote Wes Parnell. “I
did not write this article and
it’s not on our website.”
And while there have been
over 60 cases of the novel virus
reported in New York
City, Mayor Bill de Blasio
clarifi ed that the infection
cannot be spread through
food or drink at a March
12 roundtable — where he
also announced aid to small
businesses that could prove
they’ve lost 25-percent of
business since the outbreak
began.
Turan said he does not
have any ideas of the person
behind the doctored image
but suspects the culprit is a
competing business.
“It is either competition
or somebody doesn’t like us,”
he said.
FAKE NEWS!
Doctored article sparks viral
panic at Sheepshead eatery
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