NOT Hunting For Bambi
Snopes says that Hunting for Bambi is one big hoax. The reality is that Hunting for Bambi conducted no real "hunts" — the site was launched as nothing more than a storefront for selling spoof videos. (After all, $19.99 tapes and DVDs, and not $10,000 hunts, are the product advertised on the site's opening page.) They staged a phony dog-and-pony show for a credulous reporter who on bit the hook, and once the media began gleefully reporting the Hunting for Bambi concept as real, the publicity attracted the attention of potential customers who were genuinely interested in going on their own "Bambi hunts."
Over the past couple of weeks, there has been story after story on TV, in print and on radio about this story. If Snopes is correct, and I think they are, this is yet another black eye for journalism.
Over the past couple of weeks, there has been story after story on TV, in print and on radio about this story. If Snopes is correct, and I think they are, this is yet another black eye for journalism.
# | July 22, 2003