WhatsApp Bought By Facebook, BBC Announces £9.6bn Sale Of 'Massaging Service'

LOOK: A Classic BBC Gaffe
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Facebook has snapped up WhatsApp for a hefty £9.6bn.

Big news, sure, especially if you're a founder or employee of the messaging service.

But it's not quite as exciting as it seemed from the BBC's first news alert:

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That really would have been something.