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January 03, 2008
Media punked by phony Bhutto son Facebook page
Dan has a decent summary of the extent of the damage.
As of this post, AFP and the Canadian Globe and Mail are still running with the fake shit. The Telegraph and Australian Broadcasting Corp, apparently a little more on the ball, pulled their stories.
Now that Facebook pages have been established as "credible news sources" the media will apparently rely on, the line between reality and fiction has become blurred. Personally, I plan on architecting a number of "shocking" and "true", but fake anecdotes that will be revealed on Facebook pages for a number of lesser figures in the public eye. Let the media punking begin in earnest.