NBC NEWS WITH Brian Williams was nearly tricked by an Army press release stating that the new standard-issue headgear for soldiers would be a Stetson cowboy hat.
NBC ran a story despite it being an April Fool's joke.
Is it newsworthy?
7 years ago
5 comments:
I can't believe they fell for it! Or almost did. I would never believe anything anyone told me on April Fools. But at least they remembered the photo. That saved them from a lot of embarrassment. I give major props to the Army for this.
How can I get added to the list of TU Student Bloggers on the side? I'm a TU Communications Major and just started blogging...
Send me a link to your site, Brittany.
- George
(the teacher who will promote any student's site if you are doing journalistic work)
http://brittanyisacommajor.blogspot.com/
Thanks a lot!
-Brittany
HmmM... I think that NBC could get away with it being April Fools but otherwise it was not appropriate for air.
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