The cobbles of Mousehole
That's odd I though - does Mousehole actually have cobbled streets? As lovely as it is with Stargazy pie, traditionally eaten on Tom Bawcock's Eve, and the last person to speak Cornish as their first language to live there, Dolly Pentreath, but I'm not sure it is known for its cobbled streets. Mousehole no longer has cobbled streets.
I do know the beautiful tourist trap of Clovelly has the iconic cobbled pathways through the village down to their harbour - but that's not even in Cornwall, it is in North Devon.
So whats going on? Why would a Cornish website - CornwallLive - tell untruths?
Well it was not CornwallLive that actually first published this story (11 July 2024), it appears to be the Daily Express.
Hmmm, that's an oddly familiar headline and name. When you compare the two stories it seems all Jeff has done is run Lauras text through chat GPT to change it just enough to stop any duplication algo's picking it up.
Laura's 3rd paragraph:
Jeff's 3rd Paragraph
Oh wait - Jeff also writes for DevonLive
This really looks like the cobbled streets aspect was made up to get traffic to the sites so they can sell advertising - and there is a lot on all those sites. The argument is that local news sites need advertising to be able to operate but stories like this are just rehashed and wrong - there is no local news left on local news sites – it's just all click bait.
It is exactly this type of reporting that has killed off local newspapers and why your high street has the same shops as my high street and any other high street. Always follow the money.
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