Fool Me Once...
2012-08-07 21:21:18.767364+02 by petronius 1 comments
From Forbes: the marketing consultant to American Apparel has been practicing a new hobby: internet lying. He signed up with Help a Reporter Out, which matches reporters with "knowlegable" sources. Think of it as a digital legman. So this guy got quoted dozens of times on subjects he has no information about whatsoever. Among other things, he posed as an insomniac and a vinyl record collector. Only one person ever fact-checked him, and they still ran the piece.