Wednesday, March 02, 2005
Reuters Imitates Pravda
You know all those Pravda stories with misleading headlines I am found of pointing out? Stories with headlines like this:
Well, not be be outdone, this comes our way from Reuters today:
It's nice to know that Europe's leading news service holds to the same high standards as the former Soviet Union's primary propaganda rag.
Russian man becomes healer after his own deathWhich, unsurprizingly at this point, ends up being a story about a 'spiritualist' that has had a couple of coma-like experiences.
Well, not be be outdone, this comes our way from Reuters today:
Topless Dancers Greet Prince CharlesTurns out Chuck was in Australia and greeted by some aborigines that never heard the word "blouse."
It's nice to know that Europe's leading news service holds to the same high standards as the former Soviet Union's primary propaganda rag.