Media Pwned By Fake Bhutto Facebook Account
A fairly broad pwnage, at that - including ABC Australia, HuffPo, Radar, the Globe and Mail, AFP ... trouble is, "the author of the profile was not Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, but rather an Internet prankster who calls himself Tonay and who appears to have chronicled the caper on a vulgarity-strewn bulletin board. “I made an account pretending to be him,” his thread began."
Oof!
– Canada’s Globe and Mail and Agence France Presse quoted heavily from a section of jocular statements on Islam:
“What’s Islamic extremism? It’s strict adherence to a particular interpretation of seventh century Islamic law as practiced by the prophet Mohammed, and when I say ’strict adherence’, I’m not kidding around.
“Men are forced to pray, wear their beards a certain length. Among my favorites is there’s only one acceptable cheer at a football match: Allah-hu-Akbar. God is great.
“If your guys are getting creamed, then you’re on your own,”
– London’s Telegraph headlined his admission that “I am not a born leader.”
– Australia’s ABC News highlighted his prediction that “my time to lead will come.”
– Radar Magazine and Huffington Post promoted some of the goofy details sprinkled throughout the profile: “Bhutto Boy Shows Buffy Facebook Love.”
– And MTV News took a little bit of all of the above.
Hahahah! And they say bloggers don't vet their sources...
Posted by: Digger | Wednesday, January 02, 2008 at 11:44 PM
Facebook - a source you can trust.
Posted by: Yoda | Thursday, January 03, 2008 at 07:04 AM
Did he mention that Iraq was buying yellow cake from Nigeria???
Posted by: BobInStamford | Thursday, January 03, 2008 at 08:03 AM
No, Boob, but I heard you were buying Twinkies yesterday from Walgreen's.
Posted by: Fred Beloit | Thursday, January 03, 2008 at 09:13 AM
plaese make friendship with me
Posted by: hafsa | Tuesday, February 05, 2008 at 01:50 AM