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| nankerphelge |
Don't know if anyone else posted this already but:
Hoaxes leave media red-faced
Earlier this year the respected New York Times found itself with egg on its face after one of its journalists admitted to making up stories.
Now it is the turn of the Swiss press to be duped by works of pure fiction - most recently a five-part �interview� with the Rolling Stones� Mick Jagger.
On Wednesday the mass circulation �Blick� newspaper admitted that the Jagger exclusive was a mixture of old material and sheer invention from a German freelance journalist, Robert Macher.
It emerged that the author never spoke to the rock legend, but merely recycled quotes from old interviews, adding in a few made-up details to spice up the articles.
Macher also fabricated a t�te-�-t�te with Colombian pop diva, Shakira, which appeared in the Blick in March.
The Jagger series appeared shortly before the Rolling Stones performed the last date in their European tour, and possibly their last concert in Europe ever, at Zurich�s Letzigrund stadium.
In recent weeks other publications, including the highbrow �NZZ am Sonntag� and the broadsheet �SonntagsZeitung� have also unwittingly published fabricated stories.
Peter Studer, president of Switzerland�s press council and a former editor at Swiss television, believes the public�s insatiable appetite for personal details about superstars has created a climate where invention is inevitable.
�Here is Mick Jagger in Zurich, on possibly his last European tour, and along comes a guy who says he has a five-part interview with him,� Studer told swissinfo
�That�s very attractive for an editor, and papers pay very well for these personality interviews.�
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| gypsy |
Y'know, Voodoo also "fabricated a t�te-�-t�te with Colombian pop diva Shakira." But I don't hold it against him. |
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| luxury1 |
And I knew that Mick would never be "doing the horizontal mambo." Christ. |
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| gypsy |
Yeah, cuz "horizontal mambo" is something Keith would say. |
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| VoodooChileInWOnderl |
quote:
gypsy wrote:
Y'know, Voodoo also "fabricated a t�te-�-t�te with Colombian pop diva Shakira." But I don't hold it against him.
It was a "tit-a-tit" not a "t�te-�-t�te" dirty dancing with her 
Love her...
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| glencar |
I am just shocked! Shocked, I tell ya! |
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| Factory Girl |
Where is Shakira now? The Foo Fighters' dude (Dave Grohl)
loved her also. |
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| gypsy |
If I didn't get my roots touched up, I would look like trailer trash. Yet, Shakira pulls it off very nicely. |
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| KeepRigid |
Well, I'm glad I didn't really read the interview.
And Voodoo, we've been over this, you it hurts Keep when you post that stuff, so why do you continue? |
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| KeepRigidsLawyer |
quote:
gypsy wrote:
If I didn't get my roots touched up, I would look like trailer trash.
My dear,
I am reminded of Keats:
'Well, I never been to heaven
But I've been to Oklahoma'
Yours,
KRsL |
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| Martha |
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gypsy wrote:
Yeah, cuz "horizontal mambo" is something Keith would say.
Hi Gypsy...I think if Keith said it it might come out a little more like...
"hrrrrrrizzzzonttttllllllmmmmmmmmmmmambahhhh"
But don't quote me here. I'm not a certified interpreter of "Keefspeak". Or is it Keefspeek????
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| gypsy |
Hey, Martha! How the heck are you? I was wondering where you'd been.
I think it's "keithspeak." Yeah, we need spell check on here. And we all know Keith doesn't kiss and tell. |
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