Guardian Unlimited | Feedback | The joke’s on us
The Guardian removed its April Fool’s Day hoax from its website. “It’s gone. Removed. Try a litter bin instead – or your local library.”
Why? Among other reasons,
Google doesn’t have a sense of humour.
Type “Peter Mandelson” into the Google News search and our spoof story turns up at number two in the list of recent articles. And as if that weren’t misleading enough, most of the other articles cited consist of speculation about the former cabinet minister’s next career move.
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