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General Category => Branson Talk => Topic started by: History Buff on April 01, 2011, 04:56:13 PM

Title: Is this an April Fools Joke?
Post by: History Buff on April 01, 2011, 04:56:13 PM
This article was posted on the Joplin Globe (newspaper) website, this morning.  I had to find it on a cached page as it now appears to have been removed from the site.  Check it out, and tell me it was joke.  The Yakov quote makes me suspect.  The tone seems to become more sarcastic toward the end, and I think it intends to paint Branson as intolerant, redneck, and Christian - as if any of that were a bad thing.

http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:http%3A%2F%2Fwww.joplinglobe.com%2Fenjoy%2Fx598325898%2FNew-additions-to-Branson-music-scene-surprising

Indeed, if it is a joke, then the newspaper was very irresponsible in allowing it to be released.  The "disclaimer" at the top is not enough to quell the rumor.
Title: Re: Is this an April Fools Joke?
Post by: sanddunerider on April 01, 2011, 05:58:55 PM
WOW! :o :o
Title: Re: Is this an April Fools Joke?
Post by: mhguy77 on April 01, 2011, 07:40:56 PM
That is a strange April fools joke, but it is a joke
Title: Re: Is this an April Fools Joke?
Post by: Joy on April 04, 2011, 01:47:39 AM
Definitely a joke. And a funny one. I thought it was great.