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Nibiru: How The

Nonsense Planet X

Armageddon And Nasa

Fake News Theories

Spread Globally

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Nasa fake news and the days of
darkness tale

A fake news story being widely shared online
suggests Nasa has confirmed Earth will
experience 15 days of complete darkness in
November 2015.
Another fake news video claims that
Nasa has found Nibiru and confirmed it is
heading straight for us.
Debunking website Snopes explains the
“days of darkness” tale is a “bit of fake news
lifted from an older viral rumour”
They say that it “had already been Iran acquiring nuclear weapons, not about there was no refund. Not, 'hey, I'm going to
around the online block several times before,” Nibiru,” Pope adds. make you wait for years, we're not going to give
adding, “it has long since become an evergreen “There have been countless previous you your reading and you're not going to get
online hoax — a jape that is typically predictions of the end of the world. Self- your money back.'"
resurrected a few times a year by dubious evidently all these predictions were false. Baird's office said the medium has dealt
websites that simply update the time span for the September 23 will pass without incident, just as with a series of surgeries as well as a loss in the
alleged ‘period of darkness’ and send it winging we safely negotiated all the previous dates that family, forcing her to shift client appointments
around the internet again. had been put forward as doomsday.” [] forward.

"Greg is not in any way being denied his
What do other experts say?
TV Medium Accused Of reading," read an emailed statement from Baird's
office.
Nick Pope, who used to investigate UFOs and Ripping Off Grieving "No one is being scammed or not being
other mysteries for the Ministry of Defence, Family Who Paid $525 For given what they paid for or asked for, but the
says “Nibiru doesn't exist”. reading must be done in the order it was
He adds: “The world won't end on Reading Never Received received and fair to those who also are waiting
September 23. Shame on the people promoting for their readings."
this hoax in the name of evangelical Baird's office has now said they're
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Christianity.” looking for a way for Kucher to sell his
Mr Pope told The Telegraph: “I'm certain appointment to another client.
Nibiru doesn't exist because if there really was a Two complaints were eventually withdrawn by Kucher said he plans to pursue legal
the consumers, and those who placed the other
rogue planet heading for Earth, due to hit on action.
Saturday, it would be visible to the naked eye by three have since received a full refund from "I want my money back and I want her to
now. Baird's business. stop doing this to people. People reach out when
“Furthermore, astronomers would have According to Service Alberta, Baird they're suffering a loss in their life. And I can't
been aware of its presence for years, both wasn't deemed to be violating consumer help but wonder how many more people has she
through direct observation and through protection laws in those five cases. That's taken money from and not provided a service,"
gravitational effects on other planets in the solar because Baird's office maintained contact with he said.
system.” the consumer, there was no explicit refusal to
provide service, and Baird's terms and Clairvoyant fraud hard to prove

Why are some people so keen to conditions posted online outlined the right to
reschedule readings.
promote this conspiracy? Calgary lawyer Michelle Parhar said if someone
Since that article was published, the
doesn't receive a refund for services that are not
ministry says it's received an additional nine
“The people promoting this prediction seem to met, that's fraud.
complaints.
be doing so because of religious belief, But, it can be tough to actually prove
"These complaints are taken seriously
tenuously linking the recent eclipse with fraud in court.
and are currently being assessed to determine if
Biblical passages, including one from the Book "It's quite a high bar for the Crown to
there have been any violations of the Consumer
of Revelations,” Pope says. prove that, with respect to the actual fraud being
Protection Act," a spokesperson said in an
“I suspect the reasons include self- alleged, that it actually happened and the person
emailed statement.
publicity and the desire to promote their had the requisite intent to defraud the person
Edmonton police said they aren't
particular brand of evangelical Christianity.” that's paying for their services," Parhar said,
investigating Baird as it's a civil matter, not
noting that fraud is prosecuted through the
criminal.
Is there anything we should be worried A representative of Baird's office said the Criminal Code of Canada.
about? company policy states that all readings are non- "So, some of the ways you can
demonstrate that is, for example, if the psychic
refundable, something Kucher said is
can deliver a service by a certain date and then
“All this isn't to say that there aren't some unacceptable if the service is not actually being
they did not do that."
existential threats out there, but if people want to provided.
worry about something, they should probably "My understanding of that policy when I (Continues on Page 67)
worry about North Korean missiles, or about read it was if we weren't happy with the reading