>>>>http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8237558.stm
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>>>>Summary: A newspaper in Bangladesh took an article from The Onion at face value, and reprinted it.
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>>>That's amusing, but it points to a larger problem with modern media - consolidation. If a story gets on a newswire, it gets republished by hundreds if not thousands of media outlets with little or no checking. Misinformation, or outright lies can rapidly spread world-wide.
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>>IMO the problem is the opposite of consolidation. The media we used to be able to trust are falling by the wayside. Now it's every Tom, Dick, and Harry with an internet connection. It's a crapshoot.
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>Exactly. Reprinting a story from the Onion is not on the same par as reprinting from the The Associated Press...

I can see you are paying attention. The AP is one of the few news organizations still committed to investigative journalism.

Don't even get me started on how far the Chicago Tribune has fallen. Sam Zell should rot in hell.