Fake+blog+post,+Apple+Announces+New+Lawsuit+Against+iCarly+by+Kelly+Reed

On April 13, 2010 the fake news site “All Blogs Considered” posted a blog entitled “Apple Announces New Lawsuit Against iCarly.” The site which tagline reads “The hard-boiled truth, or maybe just over easy” brags about their ability to bring ‘real’ truths to the public interest. Their ‘about us’ reads “In this age of new hope and change and bling, All Blogs Considered, or ABC’ed, as we prefer to be known, strives to bring you the true, in-living-color, unedited, unhinged reality of American news. Wherever the stories lead us, even into the depths of our own frighteningly demented imaginations, we will follow. We drop truth bombs, so you better recognize!” They also, have no sources on the site, for any blog posts, even though many of them contain subject quotes. While its obvious after a little investigation that the information on the site is mostly fabricated, the general ideas written about are still real and relevant. The blog post “Apple Announces New Lawsuit Against iCarly” states that CEO Steve Jobs, angered over the use of Apple’s trademarked lowercase “i” is launching the lawsuit to protect its patent from “dumb kids shows like iCarly.” Then go into further detail telling the tale of the distraught iCarly star Miranda Cosgrove, as she walks the red carpet at a recent event, crying and deleting Steve Jobs from her various social networking accounts via her iphone. The site quotes Steve Job as saying, “looking cute is our thing.” While, not a quote or fact of this blog post is accurate, the simple reason that Travis Hampton, the sites Editor in Chief, who is described in his bio to be “a seasoned journalist with a touch of oregano and a hint of basil,” and his staff felt the need to create this tale, proves its controversy in the media. This blog post further supports my reasoning for investigating the significance and recognize-ability of the title iCarly. The article proves that at least a small collection of persons have taken notice to iCarly’s repeated commentary on the Apple company. This post merely spurs my interest into whether or not, the children this show is intended for, in their own child-like ways recognize this commentary also?

http://www.allblogsconsidered.com/2010/04/apple-announces-new-lawsuit-against-icarly/