Archive pour 19 novembre 2007

Quick fake news replication in the blogosphere using simple and clean illustration

Here is the well-documented story of  “Nissan’s Paramagnetic paint”, a totally made-up news  claiming that the  franco-japanese car maker was involved in color-changing paint developpment. Mixing the picture of a new product, the GT-R, with some made-up effects and the past announcement of a scratch resilient paint, a bunch of “pro” bloggers embarked in replicating a hoax. The news lasted more than three days without being challenged. If it is bad for the bloggers journalistic credibility, it certainly delivers a nice insight to the chemical industry about a market in demand. I may add that the trend certainly has to do with video games car color selection processes.

Joyeux festin

Comme moi, vous voudriez nourrir la planête et fignoler votre niveau d’anglais. Cette double aspiration globalisante est comblée par le simplissime Free Rice, un ‘ti site de rien qui pompe AdSense pour lancer un peu de riz dans les programmes des Nations Unies. J’aime bien ce côté donnant-donnant.
P.S. : Un joyeux festin, c’est le nom québecois d’un Happy Meal de McDonalds. Appetissant, non ?