The Worst Instances Of April Fool"s Jokes Gone Wrong
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Magnus Karlsson, editor-in-chief at the daily Smalandsposten said on its website that he doesnt want the newspapers brand to be spread with a potentially viral and erroneous story.
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We work with real news. even on april 1st, he said.
The fake news phenomenon broke out amid the 2016 US presidential election and grew even further when Donald Trump, during his first press conference on January 11 as then president-elect, shouted at a CNN reporter: You are fake news!
Now, several local daily Swedish newspapers including Dalarnas Tidningar, Hallpressen and Vasterbottens-Kuriren have refrained from publishing April Fools Day jokes.
Historically, weve had super successful April Fools jokes. But because of debates and discussions about the medias credibility being connected to fake news, we didnt want to do it this year, Ingvar Naslund, editor-in-chief at Vasterbottens-Kuriren told TT.
Erik Berger, editor-in-chief at the daily Jonkopings-Posten told AFP that his newspaper would write in (Saturdays) edition about why they wont publish such jokes.
In neighbouring Norway, the largest media organisations such as public broadcaster NRK, newspaper Aftenposten, VG and Dagbladet have also abandoned this old tradition.
NRK said local newspapers would follow suit.
Oyulf Hjertenes, editor at the local daily Bergens Tidende, told NRK that in a climate where false news is spreading, it would be a mistake on our part to publish jokes on April 1.
Kristin Monstad, publishing editor at Drammens Tidende, added: What is written in Drammens Tidende must be true.
Source: http://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/03/31/swedish-newspapers-ditch-april-fools-jokes-case-spread-fake-news/
