Friday, December 15, 2006

More links

1. "Has it really come to this?" from The Birdchaser.

2. "Ark. Men Say the [sic] Saw Rare Woodpecker" from the AP.

Update: This latest ridiculous AP story merits the headline "More Imaginary Sightings!" here.

Question: How did this particular alleged sighting result in an AP story within one day?

3. ""Elvis" Woodpecker Could Rebound Near Florida River, Expert Says" from National Geographic News.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

"In a book chronicling his as-yet unsuccessful effor to find difinitive proof"

"chronicling" and "difinitive" in National Geographic!?

Can't NG News afford a copy editor for their online contributors, or at least inform them how to use Spellcheck in Word?

Anonymous said...

How did this particular alleged sighting result in an AP story within one day? According to an anonymous source, the mother of one of the men who made the sighting is reportedly the editor of a local newspaper and she immediately sent the story to the AP.