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The Beheadings That Weren’t

Another instance of Reuters’ willful gullibility, another great catch by the Mudville Gazette, and another reminder that NBC News’s “Blogging Baghdad” is consistently turning out great journalism (making MSNBC’s worthlessness even less excusable):
Yesterday Reuters reported that terrorists beheaded two teachers in front of their students. NBC News investigated and revealed that the story was unfounded, but as the Mudville Gazette pointed out, Reuters still hasn’t corrected the story.
Greyhawk wonders, “how many other such urban legends have been undetected.”

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