Quote from fake news release published in Los Angeles Times (front page)

[Kadie]

Posted on Wed, Dec. 28, 2005

Quote from fake news release published in Los Angeles Times
Associated PressGREEN RIVER,

Wyo. - A quote in a fake news release that was intended as an April Fool's joke ended up in a front-page story in the Los Angeles Times.

The story in Tuesday's editions of the Times noted how successful the reintroduction of wolves had been 10 years ago, but said the predators remained controversial.

"In Wyoming, for example, Gov. Dave Freudenthal last April decreed that the Endangered Species Act is no longer in force and that the state 'now considers the wolf as a federal dog,' unworthy of protection," the story read.

The Times printed a correction Wednesday, acknowledging that the news release was a hoax.

"The reporter saw it on the Internet and had talked with the governor in the past, so she was familiar enough with the way he talks and writes that she thought it sounded authentic, and she didn't check, which she should have," Times Deputy Metro Editor David Lauter told the Casper Star Tribune

http://www.montereyherald.com/mld/montereyherald/news/13503001.htm

[msongs]

1. there were worse things in that story -->

as I recall, some guy who gets off shooting animals that cannot shoot back was complaining about
an extensive list of animals he liked to kill, and how he did not want to share
any of those animals with wolves.

if deer learn to shoot, he better hide his kids if he has any.

Msongs
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[Wilms]

2. Didn't the LA Times just lay-off a bunch of people?

Perhaps we'll see even more slipping through the cracks.