China 'card{board} in buns' report faked (BBC)

[eppur_se_muova]

Police in Beijing have detained a reporter after he allegedly faked a story claiming that buns stuffed with cardboard were being sold.

Suspect Zi Beijia's hidden camera footage appeared to show people making the pork buns with cardboard soaked in caustic soda.

But it emerged that Zi bought the ingredients himself and asked four migrant workers to make the buns.

The story ran on new outlets around the world, including the BBC News website.

The controversy follows a series of genuine food scares in China involving toxic fish and egg yolks coloured with a cancer-causing dye.
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more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/6909745.stm

[Az]

1. And of course there was an immediate conspiracy theory that the fake story was faked

China is running into a serious trust problem.

[ben_meyers]

2. Buns stuffed with cardboard?

Every time I see this story I get a craving for White Castle.

[Az]

3. Ewwwww.... sliders

Blech blech blech.