I bet Ananova thinks otherwise.

Precisely how Whicker's fabrications wind up in the news is unclear, but Whicker credits the popular Web site website Fark.com, a one-man operation (with numerous volunteer contributors) that posts links to strange or funny -- but, ostensibly real -- news stories. Whicker's stories that went big-time all got their start on Fark.

hehe...

Uh.... won't get fooled again?

Every once and a while, there's something redeeming about Indiana.

/still don't miss it.

Behold, the power of Fark.

someone had to say it

When Jim Rome picked up the Purdue signs wrong Jason Smith story and ran with it for a day that was one of the funniest moments in sports talk radio. biatch got served.

I saw that article on Snopes too. Makes you wonder how many IQ points some of these people have to begin with.

Web site website?

My 4 kids think that IQ story is true.

I just read the infobox embedded in the article... WAIT A MINUTE!!! PAUL ISN'T DEAD???

Best fake news IMHO is:

Scrappleface.com by Scott Ott (pops)

/high nose-douche potential

Brian Howey...in his nearly 20 years of journalism, he has been fooled but once. "If it happened often, I'd lose credibility and subscribers," he says. "My subscribers want a product with integrity, so you have to have a B.S. meter."

He published an article he got from The Onion and he's talking about integrity? I guess his BS meter was broken.

b0rg9:Hehe. that was f*cked up. Good call.

/And just a polite "How you been",BTW. ;)

I made a suggestion once that News should be peer reviewed like scientific journals are. I was laughed at. Doesnt seem so stupid now.

Just think, Dan Rather couldnt run a story until 2 or 3 of his opposing news peers had a chance to verify it first. Other than first amendment issues (which is why this cant work) what is wrong with it?

See there guys and gals. We have been performing a public service and didn't even know it. Keep 'em guessin'.

Ahem.

Five words: The Boy Who Cried "Wolf".


/looking forward to when the wolf really appears.

What have we learned from this class?

The media is a bunch of lazy tools that are far more concerned with being "first" than being "correct".

svejker_14

Ahem.

Five words: The Boy Who Cried "Wolf".


/looking forward to when the wolf really appears.

...you're waiting for a satire website to print an actual story and no-one believes them? Bring a sleeping bag.

That's impossible! All my stories are bull plop. Bull plop!

I can't believe the IndyStar ran that article. Josh Whicker is obviously a made up person.

I can't believe you guys fell for it. This article is totally fake. Sheesh.

Fool me six times shame on you. Fool me seven or more times shame on me.

/Futurama

Just think, Dan Rather couldnt run a story until 2 or 3 of his opposing news peers had a chance to verify it first. Other than first amendment issues (which is why this cant work) what is wrong with it?

How would the First Amendment come into play in a peer review environment? Just don't classify the government as a peer.

These people should verify their stories sheesh

"I don't admire people like (Whicker)," says Malcolm, "people who pollute the airwaves because they can, in the anarchy that is the Internet. It draws down the credibility of all media, and it's not helpful in a democracy, where the main currency of exchange is information. Because you can fool people doesn't mean you should."


But the internet also enables someone to try and verify the information.
The IQ article for example, you go to the university's website and look for the professor. (As one person did in the article). It just requires the use of common sense and a working BS meter (as some others have mentioned).
Google News becomes very handy for looking up news articles for verification, although sometimes you get the same article from AP at about 2 dozen different sites so it isn't entirely useful.

It's not news. It's the popular Web site website Fark.com!

svejker_14

the wolf is the terrorist! and it's gonna gitcha!

Website web site?

Says San Diego Union-Tribune sports editor Chuck Scott says: "With so much information available on the Internet, it makes it exponentially more important to verify."

"I don't admire people like (Whicker)," says Malcolm, "people who pollute the airwaves because they can, in the anarchy that is the Internet. It draws down the credibility of all media, and it's not helpful in a democracy, where the main currency of exchange is information. Because you can fool people doesn't mean you should."

I would argue that it is helpful in a democracy. Democracy ought to be about being on your toes and being smarter, asking questions, not being some lazy ass who takes anything handed to him as the truth. The credibility of the media should ALWAYS be under scrutiny.

That's why the adage goes, "Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me."

Plus, it's the root of most good comedy.

the popular Web site website Fark.com,

George Bush was right about the internets all along.

I can't believe she'd go and waste a fine cham panya like that.

And sorry for the "rex"

Mainstream madia outlets: pwned

i am lazy, and i can not even use google to check my stories.

pay me, i am the american media.

Can someone explain what happened back in the day with Ananova?
The FArQs don't tell too much

I've been spreading a very similar romor myself for many years. I have 11 children and I'm always saying to people that my wife and I find that we lose approximate 15% of our mental capacitiy with each child, so.....

Usually someone in the room gets the joke. It's not usually parents though :)

Whicker writes a piece of satire and posts it on his humor Web site, The Hoosier Gazette, www.hoosiergazette.com (slogan: "Indiana's 'real' news source"). People bite. Media people. The joke lost on them

Maybe because it's not satire. It's lies. For it to be satire you actually have to be funny in the way you write it, not funny because "look how many people believe what I'm saying I need attention LOLOMG!!111!"

The Onion = satire.

The Hoosier = stupid attention whore.

that was of course supposed to be the word "rumor", but hey....

Website web site?

At least they didn't call it a blog.

My fellow farkers, we must make every effort to bring this "story" to the forefront once more.
http://www.breakthechain.org/exclusives/fellatio.html

Is there a fark filter tht turns website into website web site?

Or did I read that on a web site?