Hazlegate

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Ronnie Hazlehurst did not co-write the song “Reach” by S Club 7. Someone, however, amended his Wikipedia entry mere weeks ago to say that he did. Whether they knew he was shortly to die is open to speculation but, intentionally or not, that otherwise pointless hoax has functioned as a barium meal highlighting other people’s lazy research:

The Hazlepedia Hall of Shame

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What a strange, strange thing. I heard this turn up on Newsnight last night, and expressed some surprise, although it didn't seem beyond the realms of possibility. I always find these sort of hoaxes really baffling. Why make up something that's sort of plausible?