evidence: An online advertisement accurately reported that "America's most famous burger brand is now Chinese-owned." Claim: Rating: About this rating False Context The online ads that made this false claim were nothing more than misleading clickbait that attempted to entice readers to click or scroll through an article that spanned nearly 400 paragraphs. Nowhere in the article did the author provide details about a U.S. burger brand being purchased by company in China. We hope to have saved readers some time with our brief fact check and have detailed below why these kinds of ads and articles exist in the first place. In December 2023, multiple display advertisements were shown to online users on YouTube and other websites that claimed, "America's Most Famous Burger Brand Is Now Chinese Owned." In this story, we've detailed how these ads were both false and misleading. We've also provided information about some of the most successful U.S. burger brands. Misleading Burger Ads One ad that we reviewed showed a photo of a large cheeseburger in what appeared to be the dining room of a restaurant. We performed a reverse-image search and traced the picture to a page on Pinterest. A link on that Pinterest page led to another page on friesandsalt.tumblr.com, which…