DC Journalists fall for another hoax

[DanOregon]

Didn't see another thread on this, and I understand why its being downplayed by the cable nets, but imagine you're a guy who hears on CNBC that the US Chamber of Commerce now supports the climate change bill and decide to dump or buy a bunch of stocks based on that info, and you move fast to get the best price. Then you find out it was a prank. A very elaborate prank, but a prank nonetheless.

Doesn't anyone check anything out anymore?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/19/AR2009101902988.html?sid=ST2009101903583

 

[Ace]

Ha! It used to be papers could edit the wire services. Now if they are wrong, the bad news still gets posted on your web site.

I wonder if that "prank" was just for fun or to make a stock market killing.

 

[forever_town]

Guess we're going to have to do our own fact-checking when we read news stories or watch TV or read the interwebs.

Great.