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At least they didn't use Wikipedia...

#1 Postby RL3AO » Sat Sep 05, 2009 10:09 am

but The Onion isn't much better to use as a source.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8237558.stm



Then the original link to the Onion story.

http://www.theonion.com/content/news/conspiracy_theorist_convinces_neil
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Re: At least they didn't use Wikipedia...

#2 Postby breeze » Sat Sep 05, 2009 3:23 pm

LOL, I cannot believe they didn't check their story first! Did it never occur to them that
no one else was buzzing about it?
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#3 Postby senorpepr » Sat Sep 05, 2009 4:32 pm

Shoot... they'd be better off using Wikipedia. There's a better chance the information would be true through Wikipedia over the Onion.
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#4 Postby Cryomaniac » Sun Sep 06, 2009 8:40 am

senorpepr wrote:Shoot... they'd be better off using Wikipedia. There's a better chance the information would be true through Wikipedia over the Onion.


Well exactly.
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