Why hire reporters when you can make them up?

[NDJournalist]

Wow.

http://gawker.com/thomson-reuters-just-making-up-reporters-now-483770551?utm_campaign=socialflow_gawker_twitter&utm_source=gawker_twitter&utm_medium=socialflow

 

[Beef03]

They're cheaper to hire and they don't ***** as much when it comes to layoffs, furloughs and rollbacks.

 

[Baron Scicluna]

So that's what Manti Te'o's girlfriend did for a living.

 

[HanSenSE]

So that's what Manti Te'o's girlfriend did for a living.

Clubhouse leader.

 

[Riptide]

She's cute. Fake boobs, I guess.

 

[DanOregon]

6

 

[RickStain]

I would.

 

[Starman]

6

Tell her 8. I bet she'll believe it.

 

[britwrit]

So then, is it libelous to write that Michelle Boatley of Thompson Reuters is a drunk who simply makes everything up?

 

[Ace]

If someone give me a fake beat, I hope it's more interesting than that.