Unsophisticated journalists routinely fall for Onion articles getting picked up as actual news items.
I can only wonder how often they're going to get pranked by something that really does look like a news site but for a subtle change.
I can only wonder how often they're going to get pranked by something that really does look like a news site but for a subtle change.
Sometimes I point that out, and usually get a response "how do you know it's not real? do you know all the news of the world?". People like that make me believe in the trolling power of this tool.
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[E.g. Journalist creates an unsubstantiated article about something on Wikipedia. Eventually Wikipedia cites said article as a reference. ]