Phony quotations and the like only work if the quote makes sense in the cultural context.
Thus, a quote of Stephen Harper saying "the root cause of crime is greed" might be accepted whereas a quote "there's really nothing wrong with a little weed on the weekend" would likely not. That's especially so if the second quotation ends with the addition "right, dude?".
Still, quite a story -- see below:
DUBLIN (AP) -- When Dublin university student Shane Fitzgerald posted a poetic but phony quote on Wikipedia, he was testing how our globalized, increasingly Internet-dependent media was upholding accuracy and accountability in an age of instant news. His report card: Wikipedia passed. Journalism flunked.
The sociology major's obituary-friendly quote -- which he added to the Wikipedia page of Maurice Jarre hours after the French composer's death March 28 -- flew straight on to dozens of U.S. blogs and newspaper Web sites in Britain, Australia and India.
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"One could say my life itself has been one long soundtrack," Fitzgerald's fake Jarre quote read. "Music was my life, music brought me to life, and music is how I will be remembered long after I leave this life. When I die there will be a final waltz playing in my head that only I can hear."
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If a Democrat had said this the media would be all over it and the congressional Repubs would be writing a resolution to condemn as we speak. What a double standard. .
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