A viral video that’s being shared says that a news helicopter was sucked into a tornado, but it’s most likely fake.
The video, which was uploaded to YouTube, doesn’t have any context.
Also, no mainstream media--local or national--covered an incident of a helicopter getting sucked into a tornado.
As one YouTube commenter notes, “The particles you used for the funnel are too ‘fluffy’. A real funnel is smoother because of the high speeds of the dirt and debris being sucked up. I also have to agree that it looks like the helicopter got sucked in after it already got past the critical part of the funnel. Otherwise pretty cool.”
DailyBuzzLive, a self-described “satire” website, made up a story about the viral YouTube video a few days ago, saying the video was taken near Oklahoma City.
According to its disclaimer, DailyBuzzLive doesn’t post real news.
“DailyBuzzLive.com is a news and political satire web publication with news articles. Some are inspired by real news events, but a few stories are almost entirely works of complete fiction. This site is a source of parody, satire, and humor and is for entertainment purposes only,” it says.
“The articles and stories may or may not use real names, always a semi real and/or mostly, or substantially, fictitious ways. Therefore, the news articles contained on this website DailyBuzzLive.com are works of fiction and constitute fake news.”