LadyButterfly she/her@piefed.blahaj.zone to Good News Everyone@piefed.socialEnglish · 1 month agoWorld's oldest known tortoise, Jonathan, still alive despite reports of deathwww.bbc.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up1164file-text
arrow-up1164external-linkWorld's oldest known tortoise, Jonathan, still alive despite reports of deathwww.bbc.co.ukLadyButterfly she/her@piefed.blahaj.zone to Good News Everyone@piefed.socialEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square11fedilinkfile-text
A widely circulated social media post purporting to belong to the tortoise’s vet has been revealed to be a hoax.
minus-squareordnance_qf_17_pounder@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26·1 month ago Correction 2 April: An earlier version of this story incorrectly reported that Jonathan had died, after the BBC along with other media outlets fell for a fake social media account. It has been updated to explain the circumstances. Lol imagine fooling the BBC
minus-squareStarya67@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·1 month agoThey don’t have source checkers anymore.
minus-squareAlexstarfire@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 month agoThey do. It’s called the public. They outsourced.
Lol imagine fooling the BBC
They don’t have source checkers anymore.
They do. It’s called the public. They outsourced.