"failed victim"

[Dan Goodman]

 From the UK edition of Google News, a new-to-me eggcorn:


    National UK Newspaper Spreads Fake iPhone 4 Recall Rumour
    <http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&ct2=uk%2F4_0_s_0_0_t&ct3=MAE4AkgAUABqAnVregF0&usg=AFQjCNH9bdGpDzkfVjm7-gZDbg7zV_NZJA&sig2=ds7ZTpEeDemDPgdMHYrojQ&cid=17593767514453&ei=4kEoTNjcHaXWNJrt7_gC&rt=HOMEPAGE&vm=STANDARD&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.itproportal.com%2Fportal%2Fnews%2Farticle%2F2010%2F6%2F27%2Fnational-uk-newspaper-spread-fake-iphone-4-recall-rumour%2F>
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ITProPortal - Desire Athow
<http://news.google.com/news/search?cf=all&ned=uk&hl=en&q=author%3A%22Desire+Athow%22&scoring=n>
- ‎5 hours ago‎
Brit Newspaper, the Daily Mail, has failed victim to the infamous Fake
Steve Jobs after the latter twittered on his ceoSteveJobs account early
this morning that Apple may have to recall the new iPhone 4 before
adding that "this, I did not expect".

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Dan Goodman
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