Posted by
The Old Whig on Sunday, July 01, 2007 8:20:22 PM
In another example of stellar fact-checking, the AP and
ABC News have reported the discovery of 20 beheaded bodies on the banks of the Tigris River Southeast of Baghdad.
But as noted by the guys at
Flopping Aces, the story is a hoax. The verification of the hoax came from the MNF Press Desk in this
story.
The last line of the report is a gentle slap in the face for the AP:
"Ultimately, media reporting based on verifiable sources will reduce the
possibility of misinformation unnecessarily alarming citizens."
HA!
Unfortunately, the ABC News website was not available at the time of this posting. Here is the story on
FOXNews.