如果你到百度搜索“萨达姆绞索网上拍卖”，发现很多网站，甚至是知名媒体均有如下千篇一律的相同新闻：

    据美国媒体2日报道，正在伊拉克政府调查萨达姆行刑过程录像的拍摄者之际，有人竟在著名拍卖网站EBAY上公开叫卖“萨达姆绞索”。据拍卖者称，该绞索经过伊拉克刽子手确认，“如假包换”，单价20万美元。本次拍卖将于2月2日结束，不过迄今为止尚未有买主应价。

　　据报道，萨达姆尸骨未寒，便有人在全球著名拍卖网站EBAY上公然叫卖“萨达姆绞索”。据悉，这根绞索可以单买，也可以与另一个与之配套的肩带一同出售。后者的作用是在萨达姆身体坠落之前对其颈部起固定作用，以免意外撞伤。绞索的单价为20万美元；肩带的原价为25万美元，经打折后的“优惠价”可以低至10万美元。

　　广告中声称，本次拍卖活动截止至2月2日，“欲购从速”。为了打消买家对拍卖品真实性的顾虑，该广告郑重强调，这套绞索经过萨达姆绞刑刽子手和多名现场目击者的验证，“如假包换”。

    对此，这位EBAY网卖家还解释道，与伊拉克战争所导致的巨大伤亡和天文战争开支相比，区区20万美元的开价实在“物超所值”。尴尬的是，虽然卖家如此卖力地吆喝，迄今为止尚无任何买主应价。

    这个新闻是否很吸引人？也好奇？咋一看与我没有关系，也大可不必去搞清楚。但是你知道吗？其实这个是我们国内媒体闹的2007年第一个让国际媒体认为最大的笑话。

    笔者无法考查是哪个媒体首先刊登这条消息，但是有一点是肯定的，这个新闻是一个假新闻！而来源是一个美国假新闻网站对新闻的恶搞，网站域名是：http://www.thespoof.com/,该网站首页有这样一个说明:"Welcome to TheSpoof.com - one of the largest and funniest online spoof news, satire and parody newspapers on the internet",中文的意思是:"欢迎光临假新闻网,互联网上最大最搞笑的在线假新闻与讽刺新闻网站之一." 具体网页地址: http://www.thespoof.com/news/spoof.cfm?headline=s3i13211

    如果熟悉英文的人就知道 “the spoof” 中文的意思就是“骗局”。而且在这个网站最后还提示此新闻不是真实新闻。

    为此笔者就思考了这么个问题。为什么我们的国内媒体会全部未经过考证而转载这个消息？根源是什么？

    闹这样的笑话，根源首先是总编与记者没有对新闻与阅读新闻民众的责任性，其次是新闻转载没有标注出处，所以一时间无法查证。

    而这样的笑话会让世界怎么看待我们中国的媒体？如何看待我们的国家喉咙？国内新闻管理机构是不是应该好好查查这个对国家形象有损害的假新闻当真新闻报道闹的大笑话？

    你看到这样的假新闻本来也许不在重视，也不管他是真是假，但是当这个新闻成为国外媒体嘲笑中国媒体的时候，你有什么感觉？

    媒体要对新闻负责，对职业负责，也要对读者负责！你们不负责任以后我们如何去相信媒体？如何看待媒体？对实现和谐社会有什么作用？

附假新闻英文原文:
Saddam's Noose for Sale on E-Bay

In an attempt to raise money and show independence from Coalition moneys, the new Iraqi government has put Saddam Hussein's hangman's noose up for sale on E-bay.

The twenty five foot rope has been cut into one inch sections. These were mounted on small plaques with small certificates of authenticity. The three hundred plaques are expected to sell for $2000 each (plus $29.95 shipping and handling), earning the government, after costs, about half a million dollars.

If the rope does not sell within 30 days, Ronco has agreed to make and market the plaques on an infomercial scheduled to star Cher.

When asked if this was not a strange and disgusting act, Iraqi spokesman Abdullah Mohammed Ben-Ayatollah said that "Oh no, we do not think so. This is a very, very nice way to commemorate the death of Saddam. We are even taking little drops of his blood removed during the embalming process and will be selling those beginning next month. Official locks of Saddam hair will go on sale probably in the spring, after we have liquidated the supply of blood drops and rope pieces. We then plan to cut up his sheets from prison and sell pieces of those; this worked for the Beatles and should work for us too. Saddam cost this country many lives, but we hope to make millions off the sale of this memorabilia."

"All items that we sell will come with certificates of authenticity from the new governement of Iraq, if we can get the Americans to let us use their xerox copier again and can kick in a couple of packs of paper."

Interested parties can search E-bay for the merchandise or watch late night infomercials or the Home Shopping Network for more information.

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