I was comparing smartphones on CNet, and some ad on the page led me to the LA News Monitor, or so the masthead says. I draw your attention to 2 items I added a red mark to:

First, the big red check. REALLY? Webs just happens to be advertising here? Or is it some evil background web marketing deal, where my IP address/ computer “knows” that I visit Webs now and then (OK, a lot), so their ad was inserted just for me? (If it was really smart, it’d know that I don’t need no stinking ad.)

But this is the part that left me shaking my head, and going back to the masthead repeatedly to be sure it wasn’t The Onion. See the 2 lines I highlighted in red? “Britney Spears is providing mental support to Mel Gibson”????????

Hello, pot? This is the kettle calling. Or, if you prefer, I could say something about the blind leading the blind. I still think it’s some kind of prank by The Onion. Granted, I quit keeping up with Britney’s and Mel’s doings many many years ago, but still. This can’t be real, right?

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