Fox News falls for Faux News

seen on the Fox News website 29-Mar-2010:
 

 Global Warming Activist Freezes to Death in Antarctica

Famed global warming activist James Schneider and a journalist friend were both found frozen to death on Saturday, about 90 miles from South Pole Station, by the pilot of a ski plane practicing emergency evacuation procedures.
 
"I couldn't believe what I was seeing", recounted the pilot, Jimmy Dolittle. "There were two snowmobiles with cargo sleds, a tent, and a bright orange rope that had been laid out on the ice, forming the words, 'HELP-COLD'."
 
full at http://www.thefoxnation.com/global-warming/2010/03/29/global-warming-activist-freezes-death-antarctica
 
 
The source of the story is a 2006 article on ecoEnquirer.com, a news spoof website.
http://www.snopes.com/politics/satire/freeze.asp


 

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