ST. LOUIS – As AI imagery becomes more widespread, Facebook fakery and parody posts will generate more attention and shares from the public. The irony of a news station reporting on a satirical social media post is not lost on us, either.

On Sunday, a Facebook page named Branson Area Breaking News posted a story and picture claiming fast food chain McDonald’s had opened its first-ever buffet in Branson, Missouri.

“For just $12.99, diners can now help themselves to unlimited Big Macs, Quarter Pounders, Chicken McNuggets, fries, and hot apple pies,” the post says.

As with many things in life, if it sounds too good—or too ridiculous—to be true, it probably is.

The story is a canard, a jest, a farce, a prevarication. It’s not real, folks.

As stated in the description on its Facebook page,

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