Forbes pulls prank story about Romney

Forbes blogger Len Burman‘s April Fools’ Day story, headlined “Romney Drops Out of Race, Endorses Santorum,” was yanked after it showed up on Google News as a legitimate news story. (You can still read it via the link below.) It appears that Burman wrote a follow-up post (“April Fools Joke On Me”), but that was pulled too.

* Forbes’ April Fools story about Romney quickly taken down

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  1. Jeffrey Weiss said:

    Proving that an algorithm has no sensahuma…(And that this one flunked the Turing Test…)

  2. Dave Barnes said:

    So sad.
    Sad that Forbes retracted it.
    Sad that it was not true.
    Sad that Larry Page is not as smart as he thinks he it.