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beamjockey ([personal profile] beamjockey) wrote2013-01-24 01:52 pm
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Things I Learned from Amazon.com: Martin Caidin's Secret Identity

According to http://www.amazon.com/Star-Bright-Martin-Caidin/dp/0553126210, famed author Martin Caidin, who wrote the novels Marooned (which led to the eponymous movie) and Cyborg (thus engendering The Six Million Dollar Man and all his bionic kin), turns out to be a pseudonym for Vanessa Williams, singer and actress. Is there no end to her talents?

[identity profile] neowolf2.livejournal.com 2013-01-24 09:14 pm (UTC)(link)
The most famous case was the story about how the capitol dome in Washington was getting skybox seats. A large newspaper in China ran the story as real.

[identity profile] harvey-rrit.livejournal.com 2013-01-24 10:42 pm (UTC)(link)
I am prepared to believe that they were unable to discern a difference between the material in The Onion and, say, the LA Times.

When there is one.