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The Dow Jones newswire accidentally published a fake story about Google buying Apple:
A bombshell appeared on the Dow Jones financial newswire on Tuesday: "Google to buy Apple for $9bn".
But the story, that the acquisition had been suggested in the will of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, was bogus. It was removed after two minutes, though Apple's shares did briefly rise in value. Dow Jones said the news appeared as the result of a "technical error" and should be ignored.
The unintentionally published fake news described the acquisition as "a surprise move to everyone who is alive" and quoted Google employees as saying "Yay". It also stated that Google would move into "Apple's fancy headquarters".
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Dow Jones: "Google Acquires Apple" News Story Was "Error"
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(Score: 3, Funny) by aristarchus on Thursday October 12 2017, @06:49AM
Fox News could only dream of this! Now not only is fake news fake, but it is the news for being fake news! This is like a hole in a slice of Swiss cheese being the actual existence of holiness, instead of just a lack of being. But maybe, just maybe, this is what the creators of "fake news" had in mind all along. Hey, did I tell you that I just found out that there is no evidence that intelligent life exists on Earth? Did I?
[Car analogy: The Kardashians are famous for being famous. ]