Graffiti Artist Banksy Arrested In London; Identity Revealed

[mercuryblues]

London, England — The elusive graffiti artist, political activist, film director, painter and long time fugitive that for years has gone by the pseudonymous name of Banksy, was arrested early this morning by London’s Metropolitan Police. After hours of questioning and a raid of his London art studio, his true name and identity have finally been revealed.

The City of London Police say Banksy’s real name is Paul Horner, a 35-year old male born in Liverpool, England. The BBC has confirmed this information with Banky’s PR agent Jo Brooks along with Pest Control, a website that acts as a handling service on behalf of the artist.

London Police Chief Lyndon Edwards held a press conference to answer questions about Banksy and how Horner was finally apprehended after all these years on the run.

“We had a 24-hour Anti-Graffiti Task Force monitoring different groups where Banksy was known to frequent. We received word that around 2am a group of individuals left a flat speculated to be one of Banky’s art studios. This group was followed by agents and once vandalism had occurred, we then arrested the group, 5 men total. These individuals all had ID on them except for one, and that is the one we believed to be Banksy,” Edwards said. “We then raided the studio where this group was last seen leaving from. Inside we found thousands of dollars of counterfeit money along with future projects of vandalism. We also found a passport and ID of a Paul Horner who matched the description of the man that we are currently holding.” Edwards continued, “Horner is currently being held without bail on charges of vandalism, conspiracy, racketeering and counterfeiting. We are also holding the other four individuals whose names we are not releasing at this time.”

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Very poor satire. To me satire is supposed to be at least somewhat funny.

[blogslut]

1. Banksy Has Not Been Arrested, And His Name Isn't Paul Horner

http://gawker.com/banksy-has-not-been-arrested-and-his-name-isnt-paul-ho-1648367427

You can feel free to scroll right past this story from the bogus news source "National Report" as it blows up your Twitter and Facebook today, because every detail points to its being false.

The alleged arrest has not, as the story claims, been confirmed by the BBC. London Police Chief Lyndon Edwards doesn't actually exist. And Banksy's supposed real name, "Paul Horner," is very common in fabricated news stories.

Not only was "Horner" mentioned in previous Banksy hoaxes, but the International Business Times points out he was also cited as a Facebook executive in the famous story about Facebook introducing a fee to use the site, and named as the kid sentenced to 25 years for calling in a SWAT team on his video game opponent. Neither of those stories turned out to be true...

[Raine1967]

3. Thank you! n/t

[Kalidurga]

6. I knew I heard that name before...

Can't they at least come up with a different fake name.

[eppur_se_muova]

15. Whatever happened to Lindsey Doyle ?

Would seem especially appropriate for an artist.

[WilliamPitt]

2. Fuck.

Boo.

[Electric Monk]

9. Breaking Bad is coming back for another season, too

http://nationalreport.net/vince-gilligan-announces-breaking-bad-season-6/

Breaking Bad writer, 35-year-old Paul Horner, upon hearing the announcement by Gilligan confirmed the news with MSNBC.

“Yes, it’s true. You don’t know how much of a relief this is to finally get this off my back. I’ve been keeping this a secret for two long months now, I was ready to explode,” Horner said. “Here’s a little spoiler for all you fans out there so stop reading right now if you don’t want any information, otherwise, lets go. Season six begins with Walt waking up in the hospital, handcuffed to his bed.

Paul Horner, the World's Biggest Penis and the Everyman of Internet Hoax History
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/banksy-arrested-paul-horner-worlds-biggest-penis-everyman-internet-hoax-history-1470892

[HughBeaumont]

4. Geeeeez . . .

http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/National_Report

National Report is a troll "news" site. Unlike satirical sites such as The Onion or The Daily Mash, which offer sarcastic commentary on the world in general, the National Report is a bit more sinister: it appears to be a deliberate attempt to deceive and spark outrage with fake news stories. It specializes in exploiting Poe's Law by pandering to cranky (usually social conservative) American beliefs. These are quite often picked up by others and treated either as fact or as examples of wingnuttery, according to their disposition.

During the government shutdown in October, 2013, Fox News reporter Anna Kooiman repeated as fact a National Report spoof about President Obama spending his own money to keep a museum of Muslim culture open (even though it is privately funded and therefore was unaffected by the shutdown). She apologized on Twitter the following day, after many other sources spotted the mistake and comedians made fun of Fox.

[Raine1967]

5. That is a satire site.

See post #1 for details.

Banksy remains FREE!

[WilliamPitt]

7. HOAX

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/banksy-arrest-hoax-internet-duped-by-fake-report-claiming-that-the-street-artists-identity-has-been-revealed-9806157.html

[Revanchist]

8. Am I the only one who thinks there are way too many

"satire" news sites out there today?

[mercuryblues]

11. thing is

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I know this is a satire site. It didn't connect. Mostly because there was nothing in the article that was funny or over the top. Like one of their front page headlines...Charlie Sheen blood contains Ebola antivirus cure.

Sorry folks.

[Revanchist]

12. I'm not blaming you

Like you said, this story failed at being entertaining and if you never heard of the site before or don't go to any other page you can't tell. I just think that there are too many people trying to do "teh funny" do we need over a dozen (probably a really low guess) different sites like this?

[mercuryblues]

13. Thanks

It didn't register. Between not being a bit funny or an over the top something in it, it read like an actual article. No spoofing. Hell even when Palin says something outlandish, I check who is reporting it. With people like her you can't tell if the quote is made up or real.

[Revanchist]

14. I blame Poe N/T.

[Kalidurga]

18. Maybe they hired a conservative?

That seems like a fantasy a conservative would have. That a graffiti artist is also mixed up in other crimes and is working with others to commit mayhem and mischief.

[Octafish]

16. Ratted Out.

Fuggin'ell.

[JaneyVee]

17. BANKSY WILL NEVER GET CAUGHT HE EXISTS IN OUR MINDS!