Now, I would have been far more impressed (well, ok, saddened) if the bloggers held off acknowledging the hoax for a bit, to find out how many other media outlets (outside of India) picked up the "story" and ran with it.
Unfortunately, this problem is hardly a new one. Carey On Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 1:11 PM, Thaths <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 4:27 AM, Deepak Misra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > Those on the wodehouse yahoogroup would have seen this > > > > http://www.thehindu.com/2008/07/01/stories/2008070152221100.htm > > Fascinating! > > > I did read the original "news item" on the Times of India and had found > it > > to be an obvious fake. What had baffled me then was that whoever had > written > > the article did not seem to have done even elementary credibility checks > - > > but then nothing from TOI surprises you. > > Interestingly, the upstream "newspapers" have not taken down their > stories or put up retractions: > > http://www.indianexpress.com/story/329202.html > > http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Nazi_mans_capture_stuns_Blore_cops/rssarticleshow/3178643.cms > > Thaths > -- > "I saw this in a movie about a bus that had to SPEED around a city, keeping > its SPEED over fifty, and if its SPEED dropped, it would explode. I think > it was called, 'The Bus That Couldn't Slow Down'." -- Homer J. Simpson > >
