The Marmot’s Hole

8 Comments

1. bighominid
   Posted January 31, 2006 at 12:23 am | Permalink

   Yes… sensational article titles are a good way to get those hits. Facts don’t matter.

   HWANG NOW CLAIMS TO HAVE CLONED SPARE TESTICLES
   “My scrotum just felt too empty,” doctor grouses

   KIM JONG IL EATS STARVING NK BABIES FOR BREAKFAST– SEOUL HINTS AT DISPLEASURE

   SINGER LEE HYORI TELLS WYCLEF JEAN, “YOU CAN’T UNDERSTAND OPPRESSION BECAUSE YOU’RE NOT KOREAN”

   ACTOR BAE YONG JUN HAS BIRTHMARK IN SHAPE OF NOH MU HYON

   FRUSTRATED FARMERS RESORTING TO ROCKET LAUNCHERS
   “It didn’t have to come to this,” says one

   KWANGHWAMUN RECONSTRUCTION NIXED BY NORTH KOREA
   “OK,” says a meek Seoul

   NIXON RISES FROM DEAD, REITERATES ONE-CHINA POLICY
   “Yes, that means NK is part of China,” says revenant

   VIRGIN MARY APPEARS AND KILLS BUDDHIST MONK AT SONGGWANG-SA

   SOUTH KOREA TO RUN OUT OF LAND NEXT WEEK

   ACTOR JANG DONG GEON VOTED MOST LIKELY TO COME OUT OF CLOSET

   WEON BIN IMPALED

   NETIZENS SUDDENLY FIND PEACE

   THANKS TO PC-BANGS, KOREAN ASSES GROWING FATTER AT LOGARITHMIC RATE
   Gluteal bursting likely, claim experts

   JANUARY KOSPI GRAPH LOOKS EERILY SATANIC, SOME SAY
   “No– erotic,” say others

   etc., etc.

   Kevin

2. kimchipig
   Posted January 31, 2006 at 1:02 am | Permalink

   The Korea Lies accusing some else of exaggeration? Now there is a case of the pot calling the kettle black!

3. slim
   Posted January 31, 2006 at 1:20 am | Permalink

   Kimchipig beat me to the punch, but I was going to say: “Thank god we don’t see any of that in Korea’s mainstream media”

4. Mizar5
   Posted January 31, 2006 at 1:29 am | Permalink

   Make that three of us.

5. Richardson
   Posted January 31, 2006 at 1:33 am | Permalink

   The KT has hit on something; has that ever happened before in the history of journalism?

6. michael
   Posted January 31, 2006 at 8:52 am | Permalink

   Did you pitch that softball on purpose, Marmot?

7. iheartblueballs
   Posted January 31, 2006 at 8:57 am | Permalink

   In other breaking news of the obvious, the Korea Times is reporting that both The National Enquirer and The News of the World exaggerate headlines to draw attention from supermarket shoppers.

8. R. Elgin
   Posted January 31, 2006 at 11:36 am | Permalink

   “Remember the Maine”? . . . WMD . . .
   I only wonder what the Korean equivelent will be.