Dead fly journalism

...An excellent opportunity to wheel out the word "apocryphal" and the phrase "A lie can make it half way around the world before the truth has time to put its boots on" (attributed to Churchill and Twain - and in today's world of the interweb thinget that should be updated to "ten times round the world..").

Gordon Brown was never asked about his favourite biscuit.

And, while we're at it, Samantha Cameron didn't nonchalantly walk into M&S and pick up a £65 dress. Quite the opposite.