Friday, 13. February 2009
Topic: SPORT - on February 13, 2009 at 12:29:00 PM CET
The great Atlantic Ocean swimming hoax
Over the weekend, in between depressing news about the economy and the continued sagas of Michael Phelps and Alex Rodriguez, an inspirational story appeared on the Associated Press news wire. It detailed American Jennifer Figge's accomplishment in becoming the first woman to swim across the Atlantic Ocean. Many media outlets (including Yahoo!) jumped on the story that seemed almost too good to be true. That's because it was.
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