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PUNT ROAD END | Richmond Tigers Forum
Bomberblitz landed a scalp on Media Watch tonight (see http://www.abc.net.au/mediawatch/transcripts/s1714781.htm for the transcript).
Basically, some posters there sent an email to several newspapers asking why they weren't following up an article (which the posters had fabricated and attributed to the West Australian) claiming that Essendon were planning to recruit Ricky Mott.
The West Australian and The Age are both Fairfax papers, and The Age had some space to fill after an article on Matthew Lloyd so they lifted quotes by Mott from the fake article and ran with it.
Then, the West Australian picked up the article from The Age as part of their reciprocal arrangements and ran with it also.
Brilliant! :ner :rotfl :beer
However, the West Australian is looking into the matter as the article used one of their journalist's names, not to mention the newspaper's name, so there may be some consequences.
If anyone from PRE considers a similar prank, get some legal advice first and ensure that PRE is not held liable!
Basically, some posters there sent an email to several newspapers asking why they weren't following up an article (which the posters had fabricated and attributed to the West Australian) claiming that Essendon were planning to recruit Ricky Mott.
The West Australian and The Age are both Fairfax papers, and The Age had some space to fill after an article on Matthew Lloyd so they lifted quotes by Mott from the fake article and ran with it.
Then, the West Australian picked up the article from The Age as part of their reciprocal arrangements and ran with it also.
Brilliant! :ner :rotfl :beer
However, the West Australian is looking into the matter as the article used one of their journalist's names, not to mention the newspaper's name, so there may be some consequences.
If anyone from PRE considers a similar prank, get some legal advice first and ensure that PRE is not held liable!