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WATERFORD WHISPERS has done it again.
On Saturday, the satirical news site posted an article about John Waters ‘relocating to Uganda’ in response to the marriage referendum result:
In the piece, Waters ‘said’ that he wanted to go somewhere where his work “will not be judged” and Uganda, where homosexuality is banned, is his “best option”.
WWN ‘reported’ Waters had secured a column in a Ugandan state newspaper, and was taking an indefinite leave from Irish journalism:
With that, Mr Waters put away his passport and walked slowly to the departure gate, turning briefly with a smirk and flipping this reporter the bird.
Fairly obvious satire, right? But it seems the article was discovered by English-language Independent magazine in Uganda, which this morning has reported it as fact:
The short Independent article uses the fake quotes from John Waters and adds this at the end:
John Waters will be attached to one of the Ugandan newspapers in a capacity that is yet to be announced.
It’s not even the first time this month that an international news outlet has fallen for a Waterford Whispers story - earlier in May, a German news magazine reported on a fictional ‘stampede’ in the Dunboyne branch of Lidl.
Written by Valerie Loftus and originally published on DailyEdge.ie
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I can imagine the scene in the prison canteen “what you in for?” Ara no tv licence, what about you? “Smokin at work” as the garlic importer walks in and there’s a hushed silence at his notoriety! Meanwhile the corrupt bankers are having the lols on the golf course!!
Dont forget the rapists and hit and runners and robbers and violent assaulters that are laughing at home with their suspended sentences
It’d be funny if it wasn’t true
That made me lol at my desk!
You are so right ! Ya have to have a laugh cause if ya don’t you’ll just cry all the time ! Life is so hard these days
Joan – Not if you are a career doler. Life is pretty sweet then
They all smoke in the prison canteen. Its a joke
True too Sargon
Number of dole monkeys convicted for smoking on the bus, train, luas etc… equal zero.
Living on the dole and having to listen to ignoramuses who come out with stuff like that is probably punishment enough for them.
“Non compliant smoking shelters” in that they are too comfortable for the shunned smokers of this world….
+1
When they finish with smokers they’ll go after something else. Obesity is a big one now so perhaps they’ll only allow overweight people to sit on exercise bikes, and we’ll bring in a fat tax (which will of course will hit the less well off disproportionately)
On and on it goes until eventually – everyone has a nanny.
2/3 of the offences listed were in Co. Donegal.
1/3 of the offences listed were not in Donegal.
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