A TV programme purporting to bust lies has itself been busted for lying.
The show, ウソバスター / Uso Buster (Lie Buster), purported to concern itself such searching questions as “If you massage a Satsuma, will it sweeten?”, along with uncovering the wicked half-truths and outright fallacies spread on the Internet, which as any TV viewer will know is far less reliable than the unerring wisdom of the mass media.
The show, produced by Asahi TV, gave special attention to individual blogs, the fascinating claims of which it “busted” as lies.
However, it was not long before 2channers noted the dates the target articles were posted on:
http://blog.goo.ne.jp/shin160331/ 2008-12-10 03:00:54
http://blog.goo.ne.jp/dorako2112/ 2008-12-10 03:37:38
http://blog.goo.ne.jp/hippopotamus00/ 2008-12-10 01:47:03
The sites themselves strangely no longer exist.
Add to this the scant number of comments on, or links to, the blogs, and it looks like this was a night’s work for a “researcher” on the show.
The irony of a TV show purporting to quash misinformation on the Internet actually being based on such and actively creating it hardly needs to be pointed out. Perhaps they should stick to inventing ero-sports?
Naturally, 2ch is delighted by all this.
Via Itai News.
It’s easy to understand the antipathy the traditional mass media feels towards a plurality of views becoming available by way of the Internet (not that it is easy to sympathise with such obsolescent media), but such actions hardly seem to help their cause…
To Love-Ru Darkness Totally Tentacular
Ano Hana Naruko Anjo Anal Dress Figure
Top 10 Most Followed Seiyuu
Wonder Festival 2012 Winter Wondrous As Ever
Ciel nosurge: “Your Date With Ion = $170″
Nisemonogatari – “Where Did All The Ero Go!?”
Police Hunt Ushijima for “Public Indecency”
Cops Bust Cop in Nude BDSM Club Raid
K-ON! “Causes Keionbu Girl Band Boom”
Vippers vs Vankers: 2ch Targets “Korean Propaganda”
Overflow Delays “Final” Game: “We Are Not Going Bankrupt!”
Ritsu Topless Manga Time – “She Has Boobs After All!”
Top 10 Most Boring Anime of Winter 2012
Behold: The ONACOUNTER
Future Diary Unveils Eye-Popping Scenes of Sex & Guro
K-ON! Pilgrims Invade London
Top 10 Essential Anime Elements
Lolicon Teacher Rapes Pupils 37 Times, Faces 30 Years
Strike Witches Movie Trailer Unveiled
China Menaced by Exploding Coins
Wonder Festival 2012 Winter Cosplay
“Post The Highest Level Cosplay Ever!”
“Share The Cutest Cosplay Ever”
“Dolls vs Figures – Which is Best?”
“Why Do Girls Always Have Such Cute Rooms!?”
Ranka Lee Wedding Dress Cosplay by Tomia
Shoko-tan’s Madoka & Ika-chan Cosplay “Excessively Cute”
Guilty Crown Yuzuriha Inori Cosplay by Sasa
IdolMaster G4U: “Who Needs 3D Idols Now?”
Anegasaki Nene Cosplay by Rinami
Nice one 2Ch. Don't mess with the internet TV man, they are even sneakier than you.
Everything is a lie.
First anime, now real life tv shows, soon their gonna be doing things like this to the average person XD
Guy in the first picture is Japanese Hugh Jackman :o
So does massaging a satsuma make it ripen? I happen to happen 4 or 5 slightly green ones right here.
Happen can also mean "have", in some contexts.
yeah buddy, nice save. two thumbs right up there...
I happen seen this a lot.
I happen understand what are you trying to imply.
ಠ_ಠ
I see what you did there. (!)