Seven’s Betoota blunder

January 3, 2019 3:10

“Fake news” may have been the buzzword of 2018, but in 2019 it seems viewers of Seven’s cricket coverage still need to watch out for fact versus fiction.

Seven was caught out last night by a Betoota Advocate claim, broadcasting the “fact” from a satirical article last year which said the disgraced player “recently returned to band ‘Tame Impala’ as the Kazoo player”.

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2 COMMENTS

Nicko 4 Jan 19

There is a long and gloroious tradition of this.

We used to publish The Bladder, a satirical sport site, and years ago News Ltd picked up our story about cricketer Colin ‘Funky’ Miller receiving a retirement-celebration concert in Hobart by George Clinton , the Godfather of Funk.

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Tony Cupcakes 4 Jan 19

I remember The Bladder fondly. Had a lot of great stories on Anthony Mundine. It was in many ways well ahead of its time. Kudos.

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