BREAKING NEWS: Bigfoot Still Not Real
By L. Russell Allen - Aug 20th, 2008 at 9:15 amThe stupid Bigfoot corpse story has been getting front page status for weeks on sites like CNN.com and FoxNews.com. It turns out the corpse was a rubber suit. What a surprise.
So why was this such a big, top of the fold story? Are people sick of reading about the presidential race? Is it just an excuse to publish something more lighthearted than stories of American casualties abroad, missing white children, and shark attacks?
I don’t care what the reason is, the coverage of this obvious hoax is shameful. The media won’t cover why Barack Obama’s support of ethanol is a travesty or why John McCain’s health care plan will greatly harm the working class. We have to get that stuff from blogs. But an obviously false bigfoot corpse? News!
If a Scot discovers a Nessie skeleton in 2012, Fox News and CNN better have learned their lessons.
Wa wa…really? Coverage was shameful? Don’t tell me that a small part of you wasn’t hoping, just a little bit, that this was true. Have we discovered all the secrets of our world? Wouldn’t it be fascinating to find something new? Last week, scientist found 50,000 more gorillas than originally thought existed in Africa. How great is that?
I guess you just weren’t a fan of Harry and the Hendersons.
August 20th, 2008 at 10:07 amBut how could anyone have ever doubted those guys? http://notnews.today.com/2008/08/16/internet-memeticists-find-bigfoot-ya-rly/
August 20th, 2008 at 11:22 am