Friday, July 11, 2008

The Not So Anonymous Internet

This story set will lead to further posts, but I'm marking it for readers right now. In case you missed it, a Nebraska fan decided to get even with some message board posters by creating a fake story about the arrest of some Oklahoma players.

Thanks to solid Photoshop skills, the faked story and front page image of the OU student newspaper website was too good. The hoax got out of control in a hurry, and now James Conradt faces the very real prospect of legal action.

Coverage in the Oklahoma newspapers and a very solid commentary from the NCAA's blog.

As Drudge would say, developing . . .

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