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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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It's raisins that make Post Raisin Bran so raisiny ...
(Score: 3, Funny) by DeathMonkey on Thursday October 12 2017, @06:24PM
With all of the Fake News coming out of NBC and the Networks, at what point is it appropriate to challenge their License?
It can be difficult to separate the satire from reality, sometime. So know that Trump did in fact say this.
The President of the United States actually threatened to revoke the licenses of news agencies if they report on him critically.