Friday, March 03, 2006

Is Fox News Spamming Their Own Stories?

I just received this comment, completely unrelated to the post it was submitted under, linking to a FOX News story from last Tuesday.

This is a crazy story:

Eating More Chocolate May Be Better for Your Health

tom | 03.03.06 - 4:33 pm | #


An IP search on the address the comment was posted from gave me:

OrgName: News Corporation
OrgID: NEWSC
Address: 1211 Avenue of the Americas
Address: 7th Floor
City: New York
StateProv: NY
PostalCode: 10036
Country: US


News Corporation: the parent company of Fox News

Googled the address for Fox News - and sure enough:

Fox News
1211 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10036
888-369-4762
http://www.foxnews.com/


Boy, if Fox News needs to spam my blog to get their stories out there, they're in worse shape than anyone's letting on.

UPDATE: Cowboy Blob got one too.

UPDATE: The Castle Argghhh! got a triple-Murdoch.

UPDATE: Cowboy Blob found two more.

Kevin at Smallest Minority was tagged, as was Mudville Gazette.

UPDATE: Add Toys in the Attic and The Ten Ring to the list. Tom/Luther has been a busy boy. Is this a full-time job at Fox? If so, what's it pay? And, how can I apply?

UPDATE: "lj" spammed L.J. (Les Jones, that is).

Have you been hit? Send me a link to the post he tagged, and I'll post the update here. Thanks. - Bruce