But a facebook spokesman point out that "Facebook is no more responsible for STD transmission than newspapers are responsible for bad vision", a snide poke at the silly newspaper stories pointing to a link between the use of the social networking sites such as Facebook and the spread of sexually transmitted disease syphilis, because such sites make it easier for people to meet new partners.

I had to check we were not in the 'silly season' (summer-time when news is scarce) when I read this at http://www.silicon.com/management/public-sector/2010/03/26/the-weekly-round-up-260310-39745644/. It feels like we are scraping the bottom of the news barrel now. Maybe the newspapers need another war?

Enjoy!

[First published on my NotTheNews blog on specified date]