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Korea Times taken in by Weekly World News

  
Dec. 15 2009 - 04:19 pm
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Wow. Complete journalism fail:

Extraterrestrial cemetery in Rwanda, Central Africa which is at least 500 years old, was discovered.

According to the Weekly World News, Dr. Hugo Childs, the Swiss anthropologist said, "There must be 200 bodies buried there and not a single one of them is human." 

Dr. Childs and his colleagues reportedly discovered the alien graveyard on a routine survey of the Rwandan jungle.

"Soil and tissue samples indicate the bodies have been in the ground since the 1400s. We're now trying to figure out where they came from ― and what killed them," said Dr. Childs. 

The creatures themselves were much taller and skinnier than humans and they stood about 7 feet tall. Their heads were larger than the average man's and they had no mouth, nose or eyes to speak of. 

Dr. Childs speculated that the 200 aliens were part of a single landing party that encountered a deadly virus. Because they would have had no immunity to Earth disease, he added, something as simple as the flu could have wiped out the entire party.

He would not take reporters to the site, for fear of the bodies being disturbed. However, he promised to reveal the location once the excavation was complete. "It will change the world," Dr. Childs said.

Another excellent article, by the same reporter, concerns Keira Knightley:

Keira Knightley (24), an actress who has long resisted nude scenes in her films and photo shoots due to her small breasts, has finally agreed to pose nude.

I would ask if the Korea Times has editors, but why even bother at this point.



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by The Korean
on 12/15/2009 06:37 pm

...and people still cite Korea Times (and Herald, which is hardly better) to me like it's a credible evidence.


by Anonymous
on 12/15/2009 07:27 pm

I saw this article and couldn't believe it. The organization with which I am involved has also suffered before as a result of the KTs lack of journalistic integrity, so I was not too surprised.




by AnonymousCommenter
on 12/15/2009 09:59 pm

Please tell me this is a joke....Weekly World News....? Are you talking about those ridiculous sheets of paper I see when I'm paying for my Slurpee at Seven Eleven?


by kushibo
on 12/15/2009 11:02 pm
http://kushibo.blogspot.com

If they've been taken in by AES, how big a stretch is it that they've been taken in by a tabloid?


by nathanksimpson
on 12/16/2009 12:04 am

I'm not surprised. This is the next logical step in Korean journalism. Step one, don't check your own facts. Next cite a news agency that people don't even bother to check the facts on, because they know they're made up. I hope this will signal to Koreans that now is the time for journalistic reform.


by Tico
on 12/16/2009 01:51 am

Who even buys The Korean Times? ... well, who buys Weekly World News?


by Rue
on 12/16/2009 04:19 am

Confucionism at its' finest! "But someone older told me its' true!!" This theory has no place in journalism.


by Darth Babaganoosh
on 12/16/2009 08:40 am

How many times has this been that they've been taken in by someone/something?

- the "8-year old girl" who wrote in praising Jon Huer's articles
- the Dokdo is Ours guys got their fake LTTE in there too
- there are others, bu my brain has switched off ever since vacation began


by Angus
on 12/16/2009 11:35 pm

Why doesn't this surprise me?


by Anonymous
on 12/16/2009 11:53 pm

Plagiarism.

http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2009/12/113_57334.html

http://weeklyworldnews.com/alien-alert/13338/alien-graveyard-found/

same reporter as alien graveyard story:

http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/special/2009/12/178_57335.html

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1235396/Keira-Knightley-poses-nude-performances-West-End.html





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