So, it ends up that Reuters has fraud detection software. You’re probably wondering why it didn’t stop the recent hoax photos. Well, I’ll tell you why.
See, every time the software detects fraud, it has this bright flashing light and sirens that go:
“EEE-WOO! EEE-WOO!”
But the computer is in Reuters headquarters, so all day it’s like:
“EEE-WOO! EEE-WOO!”
And editors are trying to come up with new euphuisms for terrorists while constantly in the background its:
“EEE-WOO! EEE-WOO!”
And people are writing captions to photos to make them reflect badly on Israel, but constantly in their ears was this:
“EEE-WOO! EEE-WOO!”
And others are trying to put not so subtle editorializing into the “news” wire, but there’s always this:
“EEE-WOO! EEE-WOO!”
And, finally, they just got tired of thing. No one could think with all the:
“EEE-WOO! EEE-WOO!”
And it takes some thought to put your bias into “news” stories. So they disconnected the computer. Thus, the fraudulent photos got through. But, if they kept the computer connected, when, as soon as they tried to post those photos to news outlets, they would have heard:
“EEE-WOO! EEE-WOO!”
And we wouldn’t have had this scandal.