some 'fake' news at times may do good that they will authonticate the other
news 'real' and 'objective'  :D


On 7/7/08, renu ramanath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Hey,
> did anyone in greenyouth notice the media scam that broke out on july 1 in
> the national newspapers following a report on 'arrest of a former top Nazi
> colonel in Goa'?
>
> it is quite intersting. the details are here, in these blogs and sites -
> i first came to know of it from this blog Going Anon and 
> Anon<http://anonandon.wordpress.com/2008/07/02/printers-devil/>.
> The press note that arrived in the major newspaper offices in India on last
> Monday evenng had announced the capture of a former Nazi who was hiding in
> Goa. The press note was from 'Perus Narkp,' 'the intelligence wing of the
> German Chancellor's Core.'
>
> Some 24 hours after the story was splashed by Goan and the national press,
> doubts began to circulate about the authencity of the news. It was a fake
> news created by Pen Pricks <http://penpricks.blogspot.com/>, a group who
> works as a media watch-dog mainly in Goa, as a test dose to the journalistic
> practice of the mainstream mediahouses of India ! The next day, they came
> out with the truth, giving in detail how they had 'created' the news and how
> the media lapped up it with relish, without fail.
>
> While some of the newspapers have taken the item off the web, it is still
> there for 'Deccan 
> Herald,'<http://www.deccanherald.com/Content/Jun292008/scroll2008062976017.asp?section=frontpagenews>
>  'Times of 
> India<http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Bangalore/Cops_stunned_over_Nazi_mans_capture/articleshow/3178643.cms>,'
> 'The New Indian 
> Express<http://www.newindpress.com/NewsItems.asp?ID=IEK20080629000956&Page=K&Title=Southern+News+-+Karnataka&Topic=0>,'
> 'The Indian 
> Express<http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/Nazi-war-criminal-arrested-near-Goa-airlifted-to-Berlin/329280/>.'
> 'Asian Age,' 'Telegraph,' (Calcatta), and 'Deccan Chronicle,' have taken the
> item off.  'The Hindu,' is not seen on the list. May be, they 'missed' the
> story and the concerned editor may have raised storm over the editorial
> meeting over 'the miss,' true to 'The Hindu,' fashion !
>
> In this context, I remember a news story that appeared in Malayala Manorama
> some time back. A NRI business man from Kerala, who had set up an animation
> company (forgot the name), died due to cardiac arrest while flying from
> Australia to USA. The Manorama story opened with a sentimental note, the
> rough translation goes something like this - 'when the plane took off from
> the airport, (the son's name), did not think his father, sitting in the next
> seat, was slipping off to the final sleep...' The next day, alongwith the
> reports on the funeral, there was a correction from the family that the son
> was not accompanying the deceased man ! Flights of Fantasy from the
> editorial desk !!!
>
> So, please pause for a second before lapping up our morning newspaper !
>
> Renu.
>
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