Worst. NewsFilter. Ever. "No details are available", but at last count,
Google News had over 250 sources for the "Paris Hilton's Missing Dog" non-news story. I'm a dog lover myself, and was once broken-hearted by the loss of a chihuahua, but
too few alleged journalists are treating this 'news' with even a small dose of the disrespect it genuinely deserves. Meanwhile one TV show is crowing about getting "the scoop" (but apparently
not on their own website, which can't even spell
Rumor). But
The Daily News and
USA Today connected the story to Tinkerbell's
upcoming book, ghost-written by MeFi's beleved
Dong "Don't Call Me 'D'" Resin, and USAToady gave the book a
sidebar story. Which raises the big question: with the book's release about two weeks away, could our own Delightful Dong have been the dognapper? I've seen worse
publicity stunts for a book.
In other entertainment news, remember the
suitcase full of priceless Beatles memorabilia? Well, a Beatlemania expert says
It's Fake. You just can't trust anybody these days.
posted by wendell
on Aug 19, 2004 -
18 comments
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posted by reklaw
on Jun 4, 2004 -
2 comments
This news item turned out to be a hoax. Has Reuters been
fooled again? I certainly smell a rat...
(I know the original mefi link pointed to the BBC, but the BBC picked it up from Reuters)
posted by titboy
on Oct 19, 2002 -
10 comments