The Sun gets hoaxed over googlemap.
Guy writes to The Sun with a story of a women catching her husband cheating on her by using googlemap, Sun runs story without checking any facts (what a surprise)

Even gets mentioned on cnet: news.cnet.com/8301-17852_3-10207927-71.html
( Crap Little Monkey Deathstar, so good they built it twice, Tue 31 Mar 2009, 13:15, Reply)

Yeah alright mate, cheers!
"Also, note how I used words like “mates” and “cheers”. This lulls the Brits into a false sense of security"
( McMookMac a member of Cunts of the Internet, Tue 31 Mar 2009, 13:43, Reply)

Well it worked on whomever was taking messages at The Sun that day!

( WiL Pantheist Bi Polar Polyamoric Pansexual, Tue 31 Mar 2009, 13:49, Reply)

To be honest, though, words like
"mandatory" and "cauliflower" would confuse people who work for/read The Sun.
( DrPrunesquallor The acceptable face of Scandinavian Black Metal, Tue 31 Mar 2009, 14:14, Reply)

:D

( The magic of chutney in a state of "not", Tue 31 Mar 2009, 14:17, Reply)

jack.
What kind of rubbish is this advert on the telly? "An extrememly impressive 2.5%" on an ISA (TAX FREE!) oooooh, that's impressive. I've got bum hairs that grow more than that in a year. I know where I'll be putting MY money.
( Professor Fnord Regius Professor of B3ta Chronology, Tue 31 Mar 2009, 13:52, Reply)

i didn't think it was possible for the Sun to get worse
but wow, the end of that article:
"And yesterday The Sun told how a fleet of UFOs was spotted on Street View hovering over an East London bookies. "
if you worked for the sun would you tell anyone?
"
( KittyWaste lives at Sleepingplanet.com, Tue 31 Mar 2009, 14:20, Reply)

That bit
kind of makes you wonder who's hoaxing who...
(Cap'n, Tue 31 Mar 2009, 14:22, Reply)

Apart from the comment about Victoria beckham
this is fantastic if completely unsurprising.

The tabloids will jump on anything remotely 'fashionable' without checking stuff out.
( Joe Scaramanga and the Tiny Jack the Ripper Trio, Tue 31 Mar 2009, 14:58, Reply)

I bought a copy of the Sun today
(I do have a reason for this, which you might see later...)

I didn't realise quite how badly written, researched and executed this right wing propaganda machine really was.

I felt dirty for reading it.

Seems to me that if you treat people like morons, they'll behave like morons. Ban this sick filth etc!
(HoratioFellatio Taking the the out of psychotherapist, Tue 31 Mar 2009, 15:26, Reply)