Any one who thinks the media checks out all their stories is sadly mistaken. Just today it was reported that a study by WHO said there would be no more blond-haired people in a few hundred years. It's, of course, a total fabrication, but it was too good to not publish. Here's the text: ======================= Roots Reveal Story on Blonds Was Bleached
It was one of the catchier stories on morning shows and evening news programs alike last week - - study shows that blonds will become extinct within 200 years. But there's just one problem, reports the New York Times - - it wasn't true. The tale apparently got its start last Friday in several British newspapers reporting that the study in question was attributed to no less than the World Health Organization. As picked up the papers, and later by mainstream U.S. news programs including ABC News's Good Morning America and CNN, the study concluded that blondness was caused by a recessive gene that was diminishing. The last remaining natural blonds would survive longest in Scandinavia, where concentrations are highest, according to the tale, and the last true blond would hail from Finland. But in a statement issued yesterday, WHO said it had never conducted such a study and that it had never reported that blonds would become extinct. British papers said the report was likely picked up from one of several news organizations used by the press. But apparently, quips the Times, the story was just too good to check for veracity. ======================= -----Original Message----- From: James Osbourne, Holmes [mailto:a...@cybermesa.com] Sent: Friday, October 04, 2002 10:48 AM To: silver-list@eskimo.com Subject: RE: CS>Re: the blue senator "Most media organizations have far too much integrity to engage in such practices." Are you kidding? Until recently everyone believed that Pearl Harbor was a surprise. They are now admitting that Roosevelt allowed it to happen, "for the good of the nation". Admiral Richardson told him years prior what was going to happen. Foreign nations warned years in advance. There were 24 radio transmission intercepted by intelligence as they were coming. Roosevelt ordered Hawaii to not be informed. ONI gave him an explicit warning 69 hours before the attack. Do you think the mainstream press has presented an true, correct, and complete evaluation of Oklahoma City. WTC? Iraq? James-Osbourne: Holmes -- The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. Instructions for unsubscribing may be found at: http://silverlist.org To post, address your message to: silver-list@eskimo.com Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html List maintainer: Mike Devour <mdev...@eskimo.com>
