News Site Breaks Fake News Story About NRA, SnapChat

By Jenn Jacques

Snap (SNAP), the owner of the popular mobile messaging app called Snapchat, saw it’s shares go viral today, increasing more than 41% in its stock market debut. With Snap boosting its market valuation to $33.6 billion, you just know there’s going to be somebody itching to ride on their tailcoats.

Enter Mic, a news website that believes “millennials are inquisitive, have a healthy skepticism for conventional wisdom, and crave substantive news to spark interesting conversations”. On Wednesday, Tech Mic came out with a bold claim against the SnapChat, using NRA as their patsy… you know, for clicks or journalism or something.

In an offshoot article to the Mic’s story published today by Matthew Hughes, TNW claimed “Snapchat Wanted $150,000 to NOT run NRA ads on gun Control Group Videos“:

Explosive emails obtained by Mic have painted Snapchat in a negative light, after it asked a gun safety charity for a six-figure payout to prevent NRA adverts playing on its videos.

According to Mic, it (Everytown for Gun Safety) reached out to Snapchat in 2016 to enquire about an advertising campaign for its #WearOrange event, held on National Gun Violence Awareness Day.

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Source:: Bearing Arms