http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/tags.php?tag=newsbiscuit The NewsBiscuit Community en-US Fri, 24 May 2013 04:12:20 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/search.php http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=53161#post-153268 Thu, 13 Dec 2012 21:58:17 +0000 TerribleTim 153268@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Thanks. I can't help feeling there's a grain of truth in Cleggs role as comedy blame monkey... </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=53161#post-153213 Thu, 13 Dec 2012 16:50:53 +0000 Gerontius 153213@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>I liked it too Tiny<br /> Hoax deputy PM is an excellent idea.<br /> well...not so much an idea </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=53161#post-153165 Thu, 13 Dec 2012 09:47:36 +0000 Gaz 153165@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>5* and no spam from me. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=53161#post-153135 Thu, 13 Dec 2012 08:41:51 +0000 TerribleTim 153135@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>I wish spammers would at least leave a rating... </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=53161#post-153117 Thu, 13 Dec 2012 07:35:02 +0000 TerribleTim 153117@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Several online newspapers in Africa have carried stories from satirical website Newsbiscuit reporting that Prime Minister David Cameron is aided in government by a deputy named Nick Clegg. The fictional character, created following the 2010 general election as a humorous plot device, has regularly been referenced within topical sketches as a latter-day Laurel and Hardy style figure serving as the butt of jokes covering a range of topical issues.</p> <p>It is thought that the confusion first arose when Newsbiscuit cast Clegg in a sketch about university tuition fees in which the hapless character reneges on a promise not to increase the amount students have to pay. Zimbabwe's Standard on Sunday carried the story seemingly unaware of the ironic humour intended by the article.</p> <p>A subsequent plotline was then erroneously picked up by the SpyGhana news website on Tuesday in which the Clegg character promises to staunchly oppose Prime Minister David Cameron on press regulation. A red faced spokesman for SpyGhana was forced to admit the mistake after readers pointed out that Cameron was obviously going to get his way.</p> <p>Reading from a prepared statement Samuel Gyan apologised for what he described as an editorial mistake adding that in retrospect it was clearly implausible to think that such a buffoon of a character would be allowed to operate at the highest levels of government, blaming cultural differences in the use of irony for the misunderstanding.</p> <p>It is not the first time a NewsBiscuit article has been taken seriously in Africa. In 2005, a story claiming that Prince Harry wore a swastika to a friend’s fancy dress party caused outrage until newspapers issued a correction.</p> <p>Following the apology from Mr Gyan an unnamed Newsbiscuit executive suggested that the misreporting had mixed implications for the website: "Obviously we welcome the publicity – our website has registered a massive upsurge in web traffic – but things can only go downhill now for our Clegg storylines. I expect we will keep him running for now but write him out of our articles after the next election." </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=39693#post-112606 Fri, 09 Mar 2012 12:35:13 +0000 weematt 112606@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Apple Corporation, makers of the iPad and iPod, have announced their intention to launch a new series of products with a new two letter prefix. An Apple spokesperson explained "Successful as 'i' has been, we feel it is time to move on. In marketing terms iFatigue or iStrain has set in so we will introduce a new product range at the back end of the year. The new range will be prefixed 'rs', pronounced like ARS. e.g rsPad. It is felt that this move will breathe new life into the now tiring stream of pseudo iProducts appearing on sites like <a href="http://www.newsbiscuit.com/">NewsBiscuit</a>."<br /> The new product range is rumoured to include a new coin operated gaming machine, the rsBandit, and an automatic postage stamping fixing device the rsLicker. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=1733#post-4846 Tue, 30 Mar 2010 14:41:47 +0000 Oxbridge 4846@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>More soon </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=21#post-31 Thu, 11 Feb 2010 17:47:04 +0000 jp1885 31@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Didn't he die trying to ride a motorcycle over some barbed wire or something? Or was it eating hard boiled eggs? </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=21#post-30 Thu, 11 Feb 2010 17:25:41 +0000 rikkor 30@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>No sh-t! </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=21#post-27 Thu, 11 Feb 2010 17:00:18 +0000 saltire 27@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>...gave up trying to log in to 'new improved' Newsbiscuit chat room.</p> <p>Nationalize Newsbiscuit Now ! </p>