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To: artificial intelligence
I remember when a hoax tribe in the Philippines (late ‘70s or early 80’s) reeled in some gullible reporter. He bet his whole career on them and lost. His career was probably resurrected by some news agency. He could be a star on MSNBC and I would never know it.
13 posted on 02/01/2011 7:34:34 AM PST by Never on my watch (WTF happened to my country?)
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To: Never on my watch
*I remember when a hoax tribe in the Philippines (late ‘70s or early 80’s) reeled in some gullible reporter. He bet his whole career on them and lost. His career was probably resurrected by some news agency. He could be a star on MSNBC and I would never know it.*

Yep, the Tasaday tribe.

National Geographic was fooled by it as easily as they have been fooled into believing in man-made global warming

51 posted on 02/01/2011 8:01:44 AM PST by PATRIOT1876 (The only crimes that are 100% preventable are crimes committed by illegal aliens)
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