Update: I wondered last night where Breaking News had picked up its David Miliband quote. Turns out it was from the Foreign Secretary’s own Twitter feed. The Guardian and Telegraph have both now picked up on the story. Just one problem – @David_Miliband is not actually written by the man himself, but by some bloggers linked to the UK Independence Party. Oops. My bad. Expect an embarrassed retraction from the papers soon as well. This, by the way, is what verified accounts are for.
Michael Jackson’s death was confirmed within the past hour – but already the foreign policy community is digesting the news. According to Breaking News, [fake – see above] David Miliband has consoled the world. “Never has one soared so high and yet dived so low,” he commented, transcending at a stroke Tony Blair’s “people’s princess” tribute to Diana.
The Twitter user, badjournalism, meanwhile, brings a much-needed a military angle, “Rumours circulating that General Sir Mike Jackson to do the 02 gigs,” he says.
