Return-Path: <sentto-279987-4783-1023462231-fc=all.net@returns.groups.yahoo.com> Delivered-To: fc@all.net Received: from 204.181.12.215 [204.181.12.215] by localhost with POP3 (fetchmail-5.7.4) for fc@localhost (single-drop); Fri, 07 Jun 2002 08:08:07 -0700 (PDT) Received: (qmail 32056 invoked by uid 510); 7 Jun 2002 15:04:13 -0000 Received: from n37.grp.scd.yahoo.com (66.218.66.105) by all.net with SMTP; 7 Jun 2002 15:04:13 -0000 X-eGroups-Return: sentto-279987-4783-1023462231-fc=all.net@returns.groups.yahoo.com Received: from [66.218.67.193] by n37.grp.scd.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 07 Jun 2002 15:03:51 -0000 X-Sender: fc@red.all.net X-Apparently-To: iwar@onelist.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_0_3_2); 7 Jun 2002 15:03:51 -0000 Received: (qmail 45285 invoked from network); 7 Jun 2002 15:03:51 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.217) by m11.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 7 Jun 2002 15:03:51 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO red.all.net) (12.232.72.152) by mta2.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 7 Jun 2002 15:03:51 -0000 Received: (from fc@localhost) by red.all.net (8.11.2/8.11.2) id g57F6va08975 for iwar@onelist.com; Fri, 7 Jun 2002 08:06:57 -0700 Message-Id: <200206071506.g57F6va08975@red.all.net> To: iwar@onelist.com (Information Warfare Mailing List) Organization: I'm not allowed to say X-Mailer: don't even ask X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL3] From: Fred Cohen <fc@all.net> X-Yahoo-Profile: fcallnet Mailing-List: list iwar@yahoogroups.com; contact iwar-owner@yahoogroups.com Delivered-To: mailing list iwar@yahoogroups.com Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:iwar-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com> Date: Fri, 7 Jun 2002 08:06:56 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [iwar] [fc:Beijing.paper.falls.for.gag.in.American.tabloid] Reply-To: iwar@yahoogroups.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-0.4 required=5.0 tests=SUPERLONG_LINE,DIFFERENT_REPLY_TO version=2.20 X-Spam-Level: Beijing paper falls for gag in American tabloid BEIJING, June 7 (Reuters) - Beijing's most popular newspaper has unwittingly republished a bogus story about U.S. Congress threats to skip town for Memphis or Charlotte unless Washington builds them a new Capitol building with a retractable dome. The source? America's celebrated spoof tabloid, the Onion. The Beijing Evening News, which claims a circulation of 1.25 million, translated portions of the Onion's tall tale word-for-word in the international news page of its June 3 edition. The reprinted version of the May 29 article, which parodies Congress as a Major League Baseball squad, also copied the Onion's would-be blueprint for a new legislative home that resembles a ballpark. "Don't get us wrong: We love the drafty old building," the Onion jestingly quoted House Speaker Dennis Hastert saying. "But the hard reality is, it's no longer suitable for a world-class legislative branch. The sight lines are bad, there aren't enough concession stands or bathrooms, and the parking is miserable." The spoof from the brazen entertainment tabloid, which dubs itself "America's finest news source," apparently took in the Evening News. "The story was written by one of our freelance writers," an editor at the Evening News told Reuters on Friday. "His stuff has been pretty much reliable before." The editor said he had received other calls from readers about the article. "They were also suspicious of the contents." Told the story came from the Onion and was not true, the editor said, "We would first have to check that out. If it's indeed fake, I'm sure there will be some form of correction." ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Grab your copy of VeriSign's FREE Guide, "Securing Your Web site for Business," and you'll learn everything you need to know about using 128-bit SSL to encrypt your e-commerce transactions, secure your corporate intranets and authenticate your Web sites. 128-bit SSL is serious security for your online business. Get it now! http://us.click.yahoo.com/A62TUC/LyKEAA/Zr0HAA/kgFolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> ------------------ http://all.net/ Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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