Environmentalists Lie! I’m Shocked, SHOCKED!

Remember that “lost” Amazon tribe that was threatened by logging? Turns out it was a hoax perpetrated by environmentalists. A few months ago, mainstream news outlets (including, ahem, Yahoo!) reported that a photographer had found a lost tribe of warriors near the Brazilian-Peruvian border. Photos of the tribe backed up his claim. As it turns out, the story is only half true. The men in the photo are members of a tribe, but it certainly ain’t “lost.” In fact, as the photographer, José Carlos Meirelles, recently explained, authorities have known about this particular tribe since 1910. The photographer and the … Continue reading Environmentalists Lie! I’m Shocked, SHOCKED!