Much Too Much Becks?
Updated: And as if to confirm reality isn't too far from satire there's this manufactured report in today's L.A. Times that breathlessly tells us Mrs. Beckham says her hubby is "hooked" on Milan.
The actual news in the story is in the fifth graph.
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Yes, the LA Times’ plagiarist-in-residence, Graham Jones, lifted the article wholesale from Goal.com. Without attribution, of course.
http://www.goal.com/en-us/news/1110/major-league-soccer////1115412/victoria-beckham-hints-that-husband-will-stay-with-milan
Nick replies: Actually both goal.com and Mr. Jones got the bulk of their info for the story from the same Italian source. The Times did attribute their story to the original source.