Special Report: Sports
May 03,2008 |
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Alabama's Monster Pig Hoax, one year later |
| Consequences of infamous youth pig kill still being played out |
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Rhonda Roland Shearer |
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Exclusive to ESPNOutdoors.com
In January, a Clay County grand jury was to decide if the Monster Pig hunters committed animal cruelty. The public never heard that the District Attorney who was to prosecute the case suddenly canceled . Now in April, another surprise. National Geographic UK film crew is in Alabama filming "Anatomy of a Hoax" about the monster hog killing. With all the unexpected twists and turns in this case, what else should the public know? Fred the pig may be dead but the consequences of his killing continue. |
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Why hoax?
by Mark Easton, BBC News
07/24/08
"Some hoaxes are for financial gain. Others for revenge or to make
some political point. But this falls into that category of hoax
motivated by the sheer pleasure of seeing people all around the world
fall for it...The BBC now runs courses on how to avoid being hoaxed -
not least because we have been rather spectacularly fooled in the
past. Some viewers get satisfaction, apparently, by seeing their fake
or retouched photographs being published." » more
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BBC offers employees a new course:"How to avoid getting hoaxed."
StinkyJournalism wonders if course includes BBC admitting their role
in reporting the "Iranian Woman gives birth to a frog" baby hoax
where they never admitted responsibility? Go to article... Image source: StinkyJournalism |
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StinkyJournalism asked Reuters on 11/02/07:
"Did you have permission to enter a private home, take photos, sell & publish them?"
NEWS FLASH 01/08/08:
Reuters' Editor-in-Chief now admits their photojournalist Mario Anzuoni entered house during recent California wildfires evacuation without permission and they were wrong to do so. More info soon. Public announcement forthcoming . Time elapsed since SJ first asked Reuters...
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