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redfaced BBC
Posted By:
Don_Rockard
Dec 03, 2004

Uk's BBC found a spokesperson saying Dow Chemical would take all the blame and would pay all the cost for the disaster in Bhopal in 1984 killing and injuring and crippling thousands.....

Except he was not working for Dow.

Here's the apology by the BBC

http://news.bbc.co.uk/newswatch/ukfs/hi/newsid_4060000/newsid_4065600/4065673.stm

That's a sorrow hoax.......
Category: Journalism, Pranks; Replies: 1

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BugbearSloth
Posted: Fri Dec 03, 2004 | 11:31 PM
There are truly some evil people on this planet.
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