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Originally Posted by captain swoop
It's not even a Fraud, it's a deliberate joke?
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Well, here's the Wikipedia article on WWN:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weekly_World_News
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The WWN traditionally claimed that it always printed the truth (typical slogan: "Nothing but the truth: The Weekly World News!"). Many stories, however, appeared to have comedic intent. Confirming this, in Batboy Lives! a semi-serious introduction admitted that while Reader A reads the tabloid for real news, Reader B will read it for laughs. While the tabloid's main rival, Sun, carried a fine print disclaimer, the WWN never publicly questioned the accuracy of its own stories until 2004, when the paper began stating that "the reader should suspend disbelief for the sake of enjoyment".
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It does mention that it occasionally has "strange but true" stories, but those are rare. Given this story, and the fact that we can't even confirm the names of the people in the story, let alone any other details, I'd just call it a joke.