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2024-07-09 13:55:02 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 747EC7AB32AF5E59E6C3FB678D805D6F482F268AB51D80CE16982BB2A0F3D921
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At time of publication of this article, it was already known that the person in the picture, Mark Matlock, really exists. https://x.com/PrivateEyeNews/status/1810327043827249452 Doubts were spread through this viral post on X, among others: https://x.com/Dr_BellaR/status/1810294654790676573 (https://archive.ph/4pmX1) 'Guardian learned that Matlock, suspected of being fake, is a real person.' https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/jul/08/reform-uk-under-pressure-to-prove-all-its-candidates-were-real-people
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