Just thought I'd revive my favourite cautionary tale of ITKs from the dim and distant past.
On old606 one of the regulars got very pissed off with people claiming to have inside knowledge and posting utter, utter ****e.
He explained on the Bill Nick article there that he was going to create a thread to show that anyone could do it and people would believe them and back them.
The stupid thing is that the BBC itself ran with it, as did The Sun.
26th August 2008:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/606/A40119257
27th August 2008:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/t/tottenham_hotspur/7584737.stm
Pavlyuchenko, Arshavin, Huntelaar (went as far as contacting his agent), Veloso and the inevitable sale of Berbatov.
Embarrassingly **** journalism, frankly.