Welsh Press Scandal
News broke of a fresh newspaper scandal, following on from all that stuff about peoples' mobiles. Sources inform Birdnews Service that the infamous blogger 'Backward Birder' has been quoted in some welsh rag saying that Common Yellowthroats migrate in winter. We contacted him and he had the following quotes for us;
"Ok, first of all, if you misquote me I will misquote you - with a big stick, got it?"
"Secondly, I very clearly said that the bird had probably been blown off course on migration last autumn and then had survived through the winter."
"Thirdly, I am consulting my solicitor over a libel action."
Birdnews Services have themselves contacted Legal Sources, who in between fits of giggles said that libel suits were only viable when somebody had a reputation to be damaged in the first place. The same Sources also went on to say that as the 'news'paper in question clearly didn't even know what bird people were looking at in the first place, they were hardly a credible source of information, and nobody could assume anything they publish to be accurate. Finally, they charged us £500.
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