[montyspython]

But have you noticed how quickly it made the rounds? Yahoo is a relatively big news aggregation outfit.

Someone is really desperate to get this out there for the sheeple to consume.

[Banat]

It only goes to show how easy it is to manipulate the public. I bet nobody even bothered to confirm the info before going ahead and publishing the "news."

There are only 4-5 original reports. The 1000s of hits that you get on Google News will lead you to 1000s of sites publishing the news through syndication.