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BOB DYLAN NAVIGATION VOICE STORY Totally MISGUIDED

Truth rating: 1

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4:56 pm, August 28th, 2009

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Both sides of the Atlantic have been beeping loudly ever since Bob Dylan said on his radio show, “Theme Time Radio Hour,” that he’s in negotiations with car companies to lend his voice to their satellite navigation systems. The “Highway 61 Revisted” singer told listeners that he had spoken with auto manufacturers, and that he would warble directions like, “Left at the next street. No, right. You know what? Just go straight.” Dylan then said, “I probably shouldn’t do it because whichever way I go, I always end up at one place – on Lonely Avenue.”

Legitimate news organizations like the New York Times, the BBC and Washington Post picked up the story and caused a massive amount of Internet traffic, reporting this as fact. But should they have?

No. A source close to Dylan told Gossip Cop “this was a joke” by the “Jokerman” singer. Seriously, people. Listen to the audio.

What’s worse, the clip that news agencies clamored over is actually old news – from December 2008. The “recent broadcast” that sparked the GPS gossip was just a repeat.

Gossip Cop is laughing over how a simple joke got the media so lost.