Paul Boutin makes The Onion!

Cory Doctorow 2:00 pm Wed May 22, 2002

I wanna know how Paul Boutin got himself mentioned in this Onion article. Talkaboutcher dreams-come-true!

The Information Age was dealt a stunning blow Monday, when a factual error was discovered on the Internet. The error was found on TedsUltimateBradyBunch.com, a Brady Bunch fan site that incorrectly listed the show's debut year as 1968, not 1969…

"Will we ever fully trust the Web again?" Boutin asked. "We may well be witnessing the dawn of a new era of skepticism in which we no longer accept everything we read online at face value. But regardless of what the future holds, one thing is clear: The Internet's status as the world's definitive repository of incontrovertible fact has been jeopardized."

No wonder he cancelled lunch today. The "flu," indeed — Mr. The Onion's just too big to show up for a meal with the little people!

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