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* CNN once had a [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OeEIteQmpHE brief report] on the video of "Bad Apple!!" - a song with a fairly [http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/bad-apple convoluted history]. To those who know the real story (or even a basic outline), it seems CNN gathered all of its facts from simply watching the video shown. As the comments show, it rather enraged Touhou fans.

* Some sources have claimed that Navin Harris sang backing vocals on Olivia Newton-John's songs "Let Me Be There" and "If You Love Me (Let Me Know)". This "fact" stemmed from a piece of vandalism on [[Wikipedia]] that went unnoticed for two years. Mike Sammes was the actual backing vocalist.

* In 2016, news outlets pointed out [https://www.theverge.com/tldr/2016/10/8/13201472/kelly-rowland-2002-excel-text a glaring flaw] in the music video for the [[Nelly]] song "Dilemma" where [[Kelly Rowland]] is shown "texting" Nelly on her [[Nokia|Nokia 9210]] using what said outlets mistook for Microsoft Excel; an ex-[[Symbian]] developer who once worked on the operating system [https://www.androidauthority.com/newsletters/da-november-4-2021/ pointed out] that Rowland actually used the built-in Sheet app to "text" Nelly, and it wouldn't be until 2012 when Microsoft Office finally received a port to Symbian.