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The Burrard Street Journal
The Burrard Street Journal (or BSJ) is an online satire news website based in Vancouver, BC.[2] The site gained notoriety in August 2016 after a number of websites reported a BSJ article about then President Obama moving to Canada as fact.[3][4] Many other Burrard Street Journal articles and videos have been reported as real news. In July 2016, an article titled 'Trump Claims America Should Never Have Given Canada Its Independence'[5] was shared over 9,000 times and in March 2016, an edited BSJ video reporting Donald Trump building a wall with Canada was shared over 50,000 times and has received 4.5 million views as of March 2018.[6] As a result of the BSJ's satire being copied and/or shared as real news, the website's founder, John Egan, has sent copyright infringement notices to more than 100 websites.[1] References
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