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posted by takyon on Wednesday October 11 2017, @11:38PM   Printer-friendly
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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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  • (Score: 2) by Snotnose on Thursday October 12 2017, @12:49AM (6 children)

    by Snotnose (1623) on Thursday October 12 2017, @12:49AM (#580879)

    You publish fake news? You get to pay $$$ to somebody. That might, just might, make the idiots in charge be a little more responsible.

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  • (Score: 2) by takyon on Thursday October 12 2017, @12:50AM (1 child)

    by takyon (881) <reversethis-{gro ... s} {ta} {noykat}> on Thursday October 12 2017, @12:50AM (#580880) Journal

    Who would The Onion pay?

    How would we pay?

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    • (Score: 2) by requerdanos on Thursday October 12 2017, @01:36AM

      by requerdanos (5997) Subscriber Badge on Thursday October 12 2017, @01:36AM (#580907) Journal

      Who would The Onion pay?
      How would we pay?

      I volunteer to take on the job.

      Payments may be made by bitcoin or simply by check or money order made out to "requerdanos."

      Assesments will vary based upon whether the fake news is funny (two or three cents per story), moronic (two or three hundred dollars per story), annoying (two or three thousand dollars per story), or harmful (two or three thousand dollars per impression).

  • (Score: 2) by captain normal on Thursday October 12 2017, @02:06AM (2 children)

    by captain normal (2205) on Thursday October 12 2017, @02:06AM (#580917)

    Yes, yes...they should pay it all to me. I really need a new boat.

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    • (Score: 2) by OrugTor on Thursday October 12 2017, @03:51PM (1 child)

      by OrugTor (5147) Subscriber Badge on Thursday October 12 2017, @03:51PM (#581185)

      No, no boat. Rent if you must sail. Owning a boat is a slow painful death from financial bleeding.

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday October 14 2017, @04:51AM

        by Anonymous Coward on Saturday October 14 2017, @04:51AM (#582185)

        If you're not using your boat to go on raids, as a trading vessel to bring goods to market, or at the very least as a way to cost effectively dispose of bodies in international waters, you're Doing It Wrong, and yes, it's financial bleeding. Otherwise the damn things pay for themselves.

  • (Score: 2) by DeathMonkey on Thursday October 12 2017, @06:19PM

    by DeathMonkey (1380) on Thursday October 12 2017, @06:19PM (#581258) Journal

    You publish fake news? You get to pay $$$ to somebody.

    That would bankrupt Donald Trump, again.