1 week ago the Wall Street Journal ran a story about a Cruise people could take from a Russian company that involved sailing up the Kenyan coast at slow speeds that “guaranteed having Pirates attack”. For a little extra money one could rent an AK-47 and overall safety was ensured by the cast of ex-Navy Seals who worked aboard the ship. The real fun came with the declaration that it was 100% legal to shoot pirates, so you had no fear of getting arrested for murder once you landed ashore.
I have searched online for this story from The Journal and they have since pulled it, however, it is forever etched in the annals of Podcast History on their July 1st episode. You can verify it on iTunes.
So why pull the story?
5 days later on July 6th Snopes researched the story and filed it under “hoaxes”.
This is concerning.
Not because we can’t actually hunt pirates, although that would have been fun, but that a major publication would run a piece that sounds so sensational it demands verification and they failed to provide any. If a major story that sounds ridiculous gets through, what about more subtle stories that never get verified?
How many of those are out-right lies?
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