“When a housewife spots Elvis at a Burger King in Kalamazoo that’s not necessarily news. The larger question is, ‘what exactly did he order?’” — Neil McGinness, Editor-in-Chief of the Weekly World News.
via Bat Boy, Hillary Clinton’s Alien Baby, and a Tabloid’s Glorious Legacy — The Atlantic.
See John Kroll on stories that are too good to check:
http://johnkrolldigital.com/2013/10/in-defense-of-viral-bullshit-sort-of/