Editor makes up news on slow day

The editor made up some news today, April 1, traditionally a slow news day.

There were several options available:

• Rehash some old rumors that were already reported, but which people have forgotten
• Comment on something people are commenting on in social media
• Bring up some feature or aspect of a car that’s already been well reported on
• Create a new rumor just for fun
• Ask someone to render a future car, so there would be an illustration to wrap a story around
• Find some crazy story (Dodge being dropped! Merging with VW!) and say it’s not true

In the end, the editor fell back on the time-honored media tradition of writing about the media.