Sneaky, BBC, sneaky

[bellinghman]

At a scant 8 minutes past midnight this morning, this article was posted on the BBC News website. It purports to describe a possible electric Roller.

This would appear to be an April Fool.

Except for this 3 week old article in European Car News.

Comments

[tisiphone.livejournal.com]

I don't know, the language as you go on in the BBC report is distinctly un-newslike. Speculating that Rolls buyers might buy the electric version simply because it's more expensive would not ordinarily make it past the editor's desk, I don't think.

[bellinghman.livejournal.com]

Yeah. But an article mentioning the vehicle has been there in Wikipedia since mid February - and linked to from the main Rolls Royce page, too.

So I'm going for a deliberate attempt to make something look like an April Fool that isn't. Ditto for the National Trust Silly Places Walks article.

[tisiphone.livejournal.com]

Yes, possibly.

(Alternative hypothesis: Rolls-Royce has, at the age of 105, developed an elaborate sense of humor and has been punking us since February...)