OJ found hie wife's killer!!!!!!!!!!!! — TWL Forum Archive

ThrillKillKulT

TWL MemberTWL Contributor

2002-10-18 20:09

http://www.msnbc.com/news/822149.asp?cp1=1

Joey Zaza

TeamWarfare Vet

2002-10-18 20:27

OJ is also a Democrat hiding as a Socialist hiding as a Democrat going into MN to overtake the US.

pheirce

Tin Foil HatTWL Contributor

2002-10-18 21:26

Man, I had to check to see if this wasn't coming from The Onion. Has MSNBC started their own parody site? Did O.J. really say this?

-pheirce

And anyone interested in the background of the bizarre reference that Joey makes, check here.

-pheirce
Post edited by pheirce at 10/18/2002 9:27:49 PM

pheirce

Tin Foil HatTWL Contributor

2002-10-18 21:29

Wait, it is a parody.

The sub-title of the "report" is "Can the news be funny? Humorist Andy Borowotz thinks so."

-pheirce

Coba|t

TeamWarfare Vet

2002-10-18 23:24

so is it real or fake..

Psicotic1

TeamWarfare VetTWL Retired StaffTWL Contributor

2002-10-19 02:21

I'm 90% sure its 100% fake

Trap¥

Teamwarfare Vet

2002-10-19 08:39

help! we've been invaded by the Kellogs corporation!!! theres millions dead in the eveil cereal makers path!
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Naughty Bear

Lesbian Wannabe

2002-10-19 11:45

I, too, had to check if it was coming from http://www.theonion.com. Haha...too funny.

pheirce

Tin Foil HatTWL Contributor

2002-10-19 15:01

It actually raises a question about media responsibilitiy. I've actually had people send me articles from The Onion as if they were real and the whole site has indications that it's not a real news site. The only indicator in this "news" piece was the subtitle (which is easy to miss). It is even listed in MSNBC's "news" site (not a humor section).

Sure, I saw the sarcastic bias in the piece in the quote "where he was taking a rare break from searching for the real killers of his wife" but most of the news is biased anyway. This was just a little more biased than typical news.

I'm certain there will be people who will read it, not investigate deeper, then believe it.

-pheirce
Post edited by pheirce at 10/19/2002 3:02:11 PM

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