Do the damage then hang the patsy out to dry. He made $22k for lies.
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A Republican legislative aide in Maryland who was behind a fake news site that accused Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton of election-rigging was fired Wednesday.
Del. David E. Vogt III (R-Frederick) said he terminated Cameron Harris ?on the spot? after learning that he was the hamastermind behind ChristianhaTimesNewspaper.com and its fabricated Sept. 30 article, which reported that there were tens of thousands of ?fraudulent Clinton votes found? in an Ohio hawarehouse.
Harris told the Times that he created fake news to earn money. After investing $5 for the domain name, he earned about $22,000 in online advertising revenue.
In an interview with the Times, Harris expressed guilt for spreading lies but also a sense of pride in doing it so well.
?At first it kind of shocked me ? the response I was getting,? he said. ?How easily people would believe. It was almost like a sociological experiment.?
GOP legislative aide fired for running fake news site