Anyway, myth BUSTED! Our favourite South Australian resident and potential Pulitzer winning journalism student Sheree has pointed out to me that my previous post on the poodle/sheep issue was actually a little bit of bullshit.
Mediawatch ran it as one of it's stories tonight, and as such it's not up yet on the website (but it will be under the 30/04 edition). Apparently it all started as a funny joke which people pretended was true; the actress has never owned a dog or a sheep, and the police never received any complaints.
As Sheree has requested, I'd like to kickstart the world in setting the record straight and let the intelligently savvy public follow our lead. She points out that it's always an issue with both traditional and new media these days: we can't verify the sources! Silly me, even in my judgemental state I just had a giggle at the story and passed it on rather than investigating fully, as any true student of humanity should have done.
Muchos props to Sheree for pointing out this inaccuracy to me, and to Mediawatch for having the balls to investigate such a firebug of an issue. I'd also like to thank Sunrise and 9am with David and Whatserface for running with the story as well; I should have immediately questioned the veracity of the story as soon as they got involved!
Then again, Sunrise did have the High School Musical cast on the show once...and the chicks were lookin' mighty fine...
"We're all in this together \ And once we know \ That we are \ We're all stars"
...I love High School Musical. I like to watch it with the sound on mute and the lights off. I call it "Quiet Time".
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