It’s a slow, lazy Monday afternoon in Asheville: June 9, 2014. What could be more exciting than a rumor that Present Obama has bought real estate in Asheville?
The Asheville Citizen-Times based its story on a report by Wall St. Cheat Sheet, a popular financial news website headquartered in Asheville. The website reported “sources” had confirmed the Obamas were moving to Asheville post-White House. The website first posted last week that the first family was looking, and then that a purchase was “confirmed.”
Social media was buzzing with the news, but the Citizen-Times reported Monday afternoon it had been unable to confirm news of a real estate purchase.
From the Citizen-Times:
The blog AskAsheville.com has already posted “10 reasons Obama is moving to Asheville” and dozens of local social media users have already begun debating the minutia of how they’ll fit all that secret service into Biltmore Forest and the threat it poses to long lines at 12 Bones.
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