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After having successfully fooled the Washington Post, Boston.com, Breitbart.com, and the Drudge Report with its satirical news stories, youd think most people would realize by now that The Daily Currant is a fake news website that mocks conservative personalities with fake articles about them doing openly racist or buffoonish things in public. But just as many people (including active congressmen) still dont know that The Onion is fake news, it seems as though much of the Internet is still stuck falling for the Currants parodies as well.

Ann Coulter Walks Out of Star Trek, Claims Too Many Minorities reads the sites headline from Thursday afternoon. The article describes in detail how the conservative columnist walked out of a premiere of Star Trek: Into Darkness because the film included too many minorities.

By creating fake dialogue with Coulter lamenting to radio host Sean Hannity that the movies only white characters were Soviets or Jews, the Currant creates what some might easily interpret as a realistic situation for the conservative commentator. And, of course, it is successful in duping those who dont understand the sites background or have strongly-held beliefs that Coulter is a racist.

Grammy-winning musician and producer Questlove got in on the action, tweeting the story without comment:

Its unclear whether Questlove understood that this article was parodical. But among his 2.6 million followers, a steady stream of outrage ensued from those who fell for it (not all did). A sampling:

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Once Again, Internet Falls For False Story About Ann Coulter