An article saying a US company “Horner G6S Mercenary Incorporated” is hiring Americans to fight ISIS for $500,000 per year is satire.
The article, titled “U.S. Company Hiring Mercenaries To Kill ISIS; Starting Pay $500K/yr – Only Requirement Is To Kill Members Of ISIS,” was posted on parody news site National Report.
“The company is offering a mind-blowing starting pay of $500,000 dollars per year regardless of your history or previous background. Their only requirement, is you kill members of ISIS. Lots and lots of them,” it reads. G6S, owned and operated by 35-year-old Paul Horner of Phoenix, Arizona, spoke with MSNBC today and complained of President Barack Obama’s handling of the situation with ISIS.”
“Paul Horner” is a fake name that’s been used in a number of National Report stories. In a recent one, the site said that street artist Banksy’s real name is “Paul Horner.”
The National Report doesn’t have a disclaimer any more.
However, before it was taken down a few months ago, it it used to say that it’s satirical.
It said, “National Report is a news and political satire web publication, which may or may not use real names, often in semi-real or mostly fictitious ways. All news articles contained within National Report are fiction, and presumably fake news. Any resemblance to the truth is purely coincidental . The views expressed by writers on this site are theirs alone and are not reflective of the fine journalistic and editorial integrity of National Report.”
The ISIS-mercenaries story had tens of thousands of shares on Facebook as of Friday.
