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NEWS - Not Always Factual

lloydslights — Thu, 26 Nov 2015 00:29:50 GMT

The Australian man who went public defending his supposedly Vietnamese name, Phuc Dat Bich, has revealed it was a hoax.

In a post on his Facebook page the man, who now identifies only as 'Joe Carr', states that this Vietnamese gag name had started out as a joke.

SBS News has been unable to verify if 'Joe Carr' is his real name.

His post comes hours after SBS News contacted him with concerns about the veracity of his name..............

..."What started as a joke between friends, became a prank that made a fool out of the media and brought out the best in the people who reached out to me," he wrote.

"It didn't bring out the anger and darkness that we often see on the internet, but it brought a levity and humanity in a time we need it most.

"Out of this ordeal I've concluded not to trust the credibility of the media, it's twisted by the hungry journalists who mask the truth.

http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2015/11/25/phuc-dat-bich-reveals-name-hoax

In a race to "get the News out there" and TV stations asking "do you know more?" the media is being caught in some untruths. Investigative journalism appears after some rumours are aired as events as is the case with SBS.

And there's not much of a deterrent when proven to be false. Maybe days later, a "correction....apology" in very fine print appears somewhere within an edition.

DEB

Re: NEWS - Not Always Factual

digupatin — Thu, 26 Nov 2015 00:35:20 GMT

Ancient media saying.

If you don't hear a good story by 10.00AM make one up.

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ecar3483 — Thu, 26 Nov 2015 01:14:31 GMT

Never let the truth get in the way of a good story.

Joe Carr... Is that pronounced in the same way as Joker? (Or, perhaps, Wayne Kerr?).

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ecar3483 — Thu, 26 Nov 2015 01:53:35 GMT

Stop the presses!!

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imastawka — Thu, 26 Nov 2015 01:57:39 GMT

@ecar3483 wrote:
Never let the truth get in the way of a good story.
Joe Carr... Is that pronounced in the same way as Joker? (Or, perhaps, Wayne Kerr?).

Yeah, tell that to Barb Dwyer or Justin Jeans

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ecar3483 — Thu, 26 Nov 2015 01:58:33 GMT

Or Myra Maines. She used to work at the local funeral home.

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imastawka — Thu, 26 Nov 2015 02:01:43 GMT

Dare I add.... Mike Hunt

Who is actually a real person. Parents must have hated him

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ecar3483 — Thu, 26 Nov 2015 02:31:27 GMT

I hear when he turned 18 he applied to change his name through deed poll to something more sensible sounding - Harley Quinn.

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imastawka — Thu, 26 Nov 2015 02:34:53 GMT

No. Wrong bloke. That was Ivor Biggin

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ecar3483 — Thu, 26 Nov 2015 02:47:59 GMT

Of course. Silly me, I was thinking of Peter Phile.

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moonflyte — Thu, 26 Nov 2015 11:11:49 GMT

Anybody notice it was an offensive put down for women?

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ecar3483 — Thu, 26 Nov 2015 12:01:11 GMT

Some guys, it seems, aren't capable of seeing women as people.

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ecar3483 — Thu, 26 Nov 2015 12:24:00 GMT

I'd mention Carol Singers, but she's very busy this time of year.

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jimmy*part4 — Thu, 26 Nov 2015 13:14:15 GMT

I laughed when I read this the other day....Lol. True?

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the_great_she_elephant — Thu, 26 Nov 2015 13:25:00 GMT

I'm pretty sure this one actually is true. It happened in my home State of Western Australia..

http://www.watoday.com.au/wa-news/video-of-perth-blokes-riding-motorised-picnic-tables-video-goes-viral-20151117-gl122y.html

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lurker172602 — Thu, 26 Nov 2015 20:18:01 GMT

I saw something similar once. They had attached empty barrels, for location, to a picnic table and were paddling around the estuary having a lovely time, with their feet in the water and their beers at hand on the table

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kopenhagen5 — Thu, 26 Nov 2015 20:55:10 GMT

Yep, true jimmy.

Or there was Roxanne Stones. (Ophelia Dick)

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ecar3483 — Fri, 27 Nov 2015 05:57:30 GMT

Brad Hammer, he's a carpenter.

Amanda Lynn, she plays string instruments.

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donnashuggy — Fri, 27 Nov 2015 09:20:50 GMT

http://www.smh.com.au/business/consumer-affairs/nutella-rejects-personalised-jar-for-fiveyearold-girl-named-isis-20151127-gl9jx2.html?&utm_source=social&utm_medium=facebook&utm_campaign=nc&eid=socialn%3Afac-14omn0013-optim-nnn%3Anonpaid-25062014-social_traffic-all-organicpost-nnn-smh-o&campaign_code=nocode&promote_channel=social_facebook

Re: NEWS - Not Always Factual

lloydslights — Fri, 27 Nov 2015 09:49:20 GMT

DC Comics : The Secrets of Isis - I used to like watching the TV Show!!!