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Comment by Melatonic | Hacker News Reader

I feel like there's a funny Onion article version of this story :-D

Traveling Businessman Makes QA Automator After Mistaking Joke Newspaper For Reality.

Authentic News, Ad Clicks Faked

a slightly more generalized re-mix:

skynet inventor credits dystopian fake news for inspiration to create dystopian reality

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