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                       There are some that don't know?

Just because the front page said “Inside Area51: Secret government UFO center
finally exposed” I just had to get it. I mean, it's Area 51 for crying out
loud. Now, on the front page it says:

> THE WORLD'S ONLY RELIABLE NEWSPAPER
>
> ALL NEW!
>
> * SHOCKING!
> * BIZARRE!
> * INCREDIBLE!
>
> and it's **ALL TRUE!**
>

[and if by now, you haven't guessed I'm talking about the Weekly World News
[1], then you haven't been paying attention much at the supermarket checkout
lanes]

Now, with such stories as The 24 Days of Christmas [2] and Thanksgiving
Attack of the Turkey From Hell [3] you know the articles in the Weekly World
News isn't real.

But that's part of the charm of the newspaper. It's so over the top (“Gal
topples office building in a fit of rage”) and I'm surprised that anyone
would believe anything that's reported in it.

But sadly, just inside in the lower left hand corner, just below the headline
that reads “Slipper Power: Man with large fuzzy slippers creates enough
electricity to heat his house,” it states:

> Weekly World News articles are drawn from different sources and most are
> fictious. Weekly World News uses invented names in many of its stories,
> except in cases where public figures are being satirized. Any other use of
> real names is accidental and coincidental. The reader should suspend belief
> for the sake of enjoyment.
>

Somehow, I just find that sad that such a disclaimer has to be printed.

[1] http://www.weeklyworldnews.com/
[2] http://www.weeklyworldnews.com/features/chamber/61635
[3] http://www.weeklyworldnews.com/features/chamber/61628

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