Rihanna Marijuana News Trail Goes Up in Smoke

A strain called Trump's Hair Glue #4? Yes. Rihanna MaRihanna? No.

How many red flags do you see in the following paragraph?:

While speaking at a cannabis convention in Negril, Jamaica this week, Rihanna announced her new line of marijuana, according to a reggae website covering the event.

The above excerpt was propagated over the weekend by the Ledger Gazette, a publication that proclaims itself to be ‘an independent news site focusing on trending news & research.’ In this case, they should have thrown a little more research at the trending news.

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