The Worst News-Themed April Fool's Day Pranks of 2012
No doubt about it, there were definitely some great pranks coming out of newsrooms this April Fool’s Day. Some of the good ones were Conan O’Brien buys Mashable, The Next Web moves to a pay-per-view model, and NPR reporting tweets will shrink to 133 characters.
But there were also some stinkers. Here are the ones that made our list.
The Offender: Forbes
The Prank: When Forbes blogger Len Burman headlined his April Fool’s Day post “Romney Drops out of Race, Endorses Santorum”, he knew it was a joke.
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