You can’t trust the Post. Yesterday, I was intrigued by this story in the news… this Long Island woman was murdered possibly by her husband and supposedly they found her body slathered in peanut butter. And here comes the even crazier part: because the police think the killer[her husband?] thought that it would make it more attractive to wild animals so they would eat her and dispose of the body.
Nice. Although, I think it’s sound thinking. Whenever we wanted our dog to eat a pill we’d cover it in peanut butter.
But it turns out it’s a false story! I like to think the Post editor was reading the reporter’s story and thought, hey this isn’t juicy enough. We need something else! And then looked around the room for inspiration and saw the half eaten PBJ from lunch. I also wonder how you apply peanut butter all over someone’s body. Do you use a knife?
07/01/2009 at 7:45 am Permalink
Just because it’s not true doesn’t make it bad journalism. I make up stuff all the time, like this sentence.