The Woman Who Died of Measles in Washington The TRUTH Behind the Bogus Story
The Woman Who Died of Measles in Washington: How a Press Release Became a Media Sensation
by Marco Cáceres
On July 2, 2015, the Washington State Department of Health issued a press release titled, “Measles led to death of Clallam Co. woman; first in US in a dozen years.” Within hours, the release began to be picked up by numerous media sources, including ABC News , BuzzFeed News, CBS News, CNN, Forbes, Fox News, NBC News, Reuter , Slate, the Detroit Free Press, The Huffington Post, The New York Times, the Puget Sound Business Journal, The Seattle Times, The Verge, the Washington Examiner, and The Washington Post.