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China-Japan-Koreas
Man fined for posting Fake News
2005-12-17
A former computer programmer was fined 500,000 yen Friday for posting a fabricated news article with a false Kyodo News credit on a pseudo Yahoo Japan News website, which said Chinese warplanes had invaded Japanese airspace over Okinawa.

The Tokyo Summary Court issued a summary order to Takahiro Yamamoto, 30, who lives in the city of Nagasaki, to pay the fine after prosecutors filed a summary indictment against him earlier in the day for violating the Copyright Law. He immediately paid the fine, according to investigative sources.
Posted by:Pappy

#9  There's 'fake' and then there's 'fake but accurate'.
Posted by: DMFD   2005-12-17 19:23  

#8  Aggravated DisSpembling.

1 yr in the Sink Trap.
Posted by: .com   2005-12-17 17:37  

#7  Elephant Attacks Paper,
Demands freedom for Martian Prisoners.
Posted by: Lake Worth Spemble1217   2005-12-17 17:34  

#6  You would think that a resident of Nagasaki would be hesitant to stir up a military conflict.
Posted by: Super Hose   2005-12-17 12:51  

#5  sheesh, nobody tell them about Scott Ott and Scrappleface.

They'd sufer collective apoplexy...
Posted by: Oldspook   2005-12-17 11:31  

#4  Kind of like giving someone a tylenol and then being charged with 'Practicing medicine without a license'.

This is a case of 'Publishing [fake] News without a license'. Only the MSM is licensed to publish news.
Posted by: CrazyFool   2005-12-17 10:17  

#3  "He immediately paid the fine, according to investigative sources."

You mean he didn't write a tell all book claiming he was smeared by the vast right-wing conspiracy? Incredible.
Posted by: Ebberesh Ulaviling3841   2005-12-17 10:01  

#2  If you're gonna publish fake (but accurate) news, you have to do it through the offices of CBS or the NY Times.
Posted by: Jackal   2005-12-17 09:55  

#1  I guess noone's told them about the elephant yet.
Posted by: Phil   2005-12-17 00:38  

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