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biznatchio
Mar 31, 2001


Buglord
Back in 2001 I'd put up a fake CNN webpage with a story about Britney Spears getting killed in a car accident that, with the help of goons, went extremely viral and through a coincidence of factors, ended up making its way onto the actual CNN's list of top stories and the views on the fake story went absolutely bonkers after that. Some news teams tracked me down for interviews about it; but because I had moved a few months prior, the unfortunate souls who lived at my old address got some surprise knocks on the door from reporters too.

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biznatchio
Mar 31, 2001


Buglord

JediTalentAgent posted:

This is a very strange question: Was this in any way tied to the Dan and Scott Show?

They used to do a bit called 'Rumor Mill' right around this time where they'd spread fake stories through some goofy pre-social media calling businesses stuff and interrupt their own call by going, "Holy poo poo, are you watching CNN? They've got a story they're playing right now that says Britney Spears was killed in a car wreck."

No but I was a devout listener of Dan and Scott so that's probably where I subconsciously got the idea. The whole thing sprang about because a few people in an IRC channel I hung out in were messing with some Britney fans on ICQ or AIM or whatever it was and I quickly whipped up the page so they could link it to them.

biznatchio fucked around with this message at 05:18 on Feb 6, 2024

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