Is Britney A Space Alien? Don't Look Online

from the and-I-really-wanted-to-know dept

The Weekly World News, a tabloid famous for telling us who impregnated the Loch Ness Monster, and the latest adventures of “Bat Boy” this week has an article about whether or not Britney Spears is an alien. However, for those of us online, we apparently won’t get to read it. Instead, the Weekly World News has temporarily shut down their website and asked their “true” fans to go out and buy the paper copy from their local super market. The website says: “We would like you to buy the paper at least one stinking week out of the year. We want to see who our true fans are. We want to know who loves us. We want to keep our jobs.” Well, there’s a business model idea…


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