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It's El Reg. They are witty. It's a joke.
by alisonkisk 5y ago
It's El Reg. They are witty. It's a joke.
- rualca 5y agoThe thing about wit and parodies and sarcasm is that not everyone is able to identify it. There are plenty of examples of parody sites being cited as if they practiced journalism.
- blooalien 5y ago> "There are plenty of examples of parody sites being cited as if they practiced journalism." I frequently see folks post "articles" from "The Onion" to prove their point about some crackpot conspiracy idea they've got stuck in their heads from something they read on Facebook (probably another "The Onion" post re-shared as "fact").
- some_chap 5y agoBack when this happened and the article was written, (really - 12 years ago now!) they didn't have the full story, but it was pretty much the first of this sort of thing that Amazon had to handle. They did review, admitted they'd handled it badly and stated they'd not repeat it, as I recall...