Did Rick Santorum really claim that he thought Grindr, a gay dating app for the iPhone, was instead an app for finding the nearest coffee shop? Absolutely not.
The confusion stemmed from an article titled “Santorum Claims He Thought Grindr Was a Coffee App,” which was published by The Daily Currant on Tuesday.
The Daily Currant, however, is a fake and satirical news site, akin to The Onion. It covers politics, business, technology and a handful of other verticals, using well-written humor to make social commentary.
Check out some other recent headlines: “Hedge Funds Thinking About Collapsing Denmark’s Economy Next Year,” “Matt Drudge Wins Web Design’s Highest Honor” and “Vegetarianism ‘More Dangerous Than Smoking.’”
If that’s not enough, The Daily Currant’s “About” page makes its mission abundantly clear.
“Our stories are purely fictional,” reads the page. “However they are meant to address real-world issues though satire and often refer and link to real events happening in the world.”
Mashable has reached out to The Daily Currant for their reaction to the story’s viral success, and we’ll update this post when we hear back.
SEE ALSO: Dear Rick Santorum: 6 Ways to Fix Your Google ProblemThose warnings didn’t stop plenty of Twitter users from reading and sharing the Santorum/Grindr piece as an actual news item, as it went viral Tuesday afternoon:
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