Attwell Conspiracy Claim Is Repeated By Seven Sites Before Nine And Is Still One Paragraph Long
Philippa Crane · Media Editor · Reading time: one pint
A website says Stuart Attwell's handling of a 78th minute incident involving Luke Shaw and Rodrigo Bentancur gave Tottenham fans another reason to believe in a conspiracy after the 1-1 draw at Old Trafford, and every paragraph of the article appears twice.
A North London householder established over one bowl of cereal on Sunday that a claim about Stuart Attwell has now appeared on seven separate websites, none of which knew anything the first did not.
The original piece, which the Herald has read in full, holds that Attwell's handling of the 78th minute incident between Luke Shaw and Rodrigo Bentancur gave Tottenham supporters another reason to believe in a conspiracy. It also notes that Bryan Mbeumo scored in a 1-1 draw at Old Trafford and that Dominic Solanke had early chances.
The second website called it a talking point. The third called it a flashpoint. By the fourth it was a blatant flashpoint, and the fifth had begun using the word conspiracy in the headline without a single additional source.
That's two sources now. Three, if you count the one that says it twice.
He was referring to the original article, in which every paragraph appears twice, one directly after the other, in identical wording. The householder said he had read the second copy of each as confirmation.
No outlet in the chain added a quote, a replay, or a name that was not already in the first. The only new material across all seven was a button inviting the reader to add the site as a preferred source.
A second adult at the table asked whether it was the same article again. The householder said it had a different font.
The tea went cold at 8:40am.
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