November 21, 2003

Stupidest News Story on the Net

04:59 PM

Ok, I just had a great idea.

I’m going to have a contest. I want to find the stupidest story on the web.

The rules are simple:

It has to go against all common sense.
Your story’s existance must demonstrate a fundamental problem with the news organization in question.
It must be posted by a reputable source.
Entries must be in English.
It cannot just be on your weblog.
No Onion stories.
I can change the rules at any time.
It has to be stupider than this story.
I will be the ultimate judge of the overall stupidity of each story.

Submit your stories in the comments. Make sure you leave a way I can get back in touch with you. In the unlikely event that someone actually enters with a stupider story than I posted, I’ll dig something cool and PC related out of the pile of goodies on my desk, and send it to you.

This contest has nothing to do with my place of employ. Anyone who wins must live in North America to claim their prize, mainly because I don’t want to pay for shipping to another continent.

///Will | Randomestic | Email this entry
Comments

and another:

http://www.tribnet.com/news/story/4484636p-4463057c.html

Posted by: Tucker at December 15, 2003 08:51 AM

another:

http://kobtv.com/index.cfm?viewer=storyviewer&id=6971&cat=HOME

Posted by: Tucker at December 15, 2003 08:49 AM

here is another story I found:

http://www.zanesvilletimesrecorder.com/news/stories/20031002/localnews/369829.html

Posted by: Tucker at December 15, 2003 08:48 AM

http://mustudent.muohio.edu/article.php?d=120903&s=community&n=4

Posted by: Bryant at December 11, 2003 01:58 PM

Here is yet another one I found:


http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/nm/20031205/od_nm/hitler_dc

Posted by: Tucker at December 5, 2003 12:10 PM

Here one I found:

http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,91059-12942446,00.html

Posted by: Tucker at December 5, 2003 12:06 PM

Here is another one i found:

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=694&e=11&u=/ap/lieberman_junk_foods

Posted by: Tucker at December 5, 2003 12:05 PM

I have just found one more:

http://www.mimrz.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=66

Posted by: Bryant at December 2, 2003 06:18 AM

http://www.terrawind.com/

Posted by: Bryant at December 2, 2003 06:09 AM