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| - On May 29, 2024, the TikTok account Mouse Trap News published a video claiming Walt Disney World was offering colonoscopies to visiting adults.
The TikTok video's narrator claimed:
You can now have your colonoscopy inside Disney World. This is a way to encourage adults to go in for routine colon cancer checks. Essentially, you can book an appointment with an approved doctor through the My Disney Experience App. Then, when it is your day, you will visit a new building coming to the Magic Kingdom called the "Mickey Mouse Colon House."
This will be a Disney-themed doctor's office on Main Street USA. The doctors will even be dressed in Disney costumes to add to the experience. Patients will scan in using their fingerprint and MagicBand. After the procedure, they will be given a button that says "I Was Screened at Disney."
However, none of the claims made in the video are true. The footage originated from a TikTok account that describes its output as being satirical in nature, as follows: "Real Disney News That is 100% FAKE."
Mouse Trap News also published an article about the satirical news on its website, where it similarly describes its content as "satire and parody":
Mouse Trap News was created on a whim to have some fun and write stories about Disney we wish were true. Some Disney sites write deceptive stories for clicks. We write 100% made-up parody and satire stories for your enjoyment. We also hope that Disney sees how much people like some of our stories and decide to actually make one of our stories a reality!
In the article on the website, Mouse Trap News states:
This is yet another medical procedure happening at Disney World. We reported earlier on how women can give birth and have abortions at Disney World. The goal of all of these is to encourage guests to make smart medical decisions and do it at the most magical place on earth. What's more magical than a colonoscopy at Disney World?
For background, here is why we sometimes write about satire/humor.
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