| Lady Sedai |
02-13-2005 11:57 AM |
Quote:
Originally posted by Dace De'Briago:
I doubt very much that it is a hoax.
The Sun is the best selling newpaper in the UK, hoaxes aren't very big on their agenda (though trashy news stories are).
AND Google does not instantly add news stories to its repositories, indexing takes time.
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In my defense, Dace, 1. I didn't "just" google it. I use "google" as a term to mean that I used online search engines to authenticate the story before formulating my opinion. And 2. between finding *nothing* on this online and combining that with your source's vagueness in the stories you were posting, I drew the conclusion it was a hoax.
AFTER following Abysnthe's link, I see that this occured, apparently, on December 3, 2004. There *should* have been some verifiable online sources of that story by now but I'd never heard of dogpile which Absynthe used.
It really shouldn't have been that big a deal, though, that I thought it was a hoax. It's just my opinion. I didn't insult you personally, I just doubted your source and the validity of the story given the information I had to hand. I thought we were still allowed to state our opinions so long as they follow the ToS of IW...*shrugs*
Also, I've been "taken in" more than a few times by "incredible" news stories, so I tend *now* to be overly suspicious of anything presented online like that. I've rooted out many hoaxes and tend to be suspicious until I can verify stories like this. ;)
[ 02-13-2005, 12:34 PM: Message edited by: Lady Sedai ] |
