So now we know.
Next time anyone quotes a Mail story we can all ask if it’s real, or just another Beijing Sunrise.
(not satire – it’s the Daily Mail!)
I’m well aware a blogpost about the Daily Mail making up a story is a bit ‘dog bites man‘ as far as news goes but I couldn’t allow this to pass unnoticed.
A few days ago a Daily Mail article went viral about Beijing residents having to watch fake sunrises on giant TV screens because the pollution there is so bad (warning – link to Daily Mail dross):
China starts televising the sunrise on giant TV screens because Beijing is so clouded in smog
Well no prizes for guessing the article was completely made up.
Here’s the full story from Tech in Asia:
No, Beijing residents are NOT watching fake sunrises on giant TVs because of pollution
Is it really too much to expect our newspapers to contain at least some real news?
An amusing postscript to this is a short Twitter…
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