Paul Horner
publication date: Monday, August 6, 2018 (part of Summer 2018)
category: 
Controversy
clue: His fake news may have helped cause the biggest news event of 2016. The following year, he lost his life to a health epidemic that you might have heard about in the real news.
explanation: Horner was a satirical writer whose humorous articles were passed around as fact during the 2016 election, and he was sometimes credited with helping Donald Trump get elected president. He died of an opioid overdose in 2017. more…
intended difficulty: medium
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, LaVonne Lemler, Samir Mehta, Chris Lemler, and Matthew Preston
Similar Goos
Yanela Sanchez
This crying Honduran toddler became the poster child for suffering at the United States border. Go »
Michael Cohen
This leaky lawyer's presidential protection is formally finished. Go »
Slobodan Milošević
Slobodan didn't get to be President by hating Albanians... Wait, yes he did. Go »
Elián González
He literally became the poster boy for Cuban political refugees. Go »
Lee Harvey Oswald
It's too bad this sharpshooter with three first names didn't live to hear the Dead Kennedys. Go »
