Toronado3800
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This article: A woman approached The Post with dramatic — and false — tale about Roy Moore. She appears to be part of undercover sting operation.
got me thinking. I knew journalists have to be vigilant against individuals with an axe to bear. It must be too busy at work because I did not follow through to imagine there were organized attempts to get false stories published in real papers this way.
Are there older substantiated reports of this happening? It seems different than the classic yellow journalism because an outside party was doing the deceiving. Should I think of it otherwise?
got me thinking. I knew journalists have to be vigilant against individuals with an axe to bear. It must be too busy at work because I did not follow through to imagine there were organized attempts to get false stories published in real papers this way.
Are there older substantiated reports of this happening? It seems different than the classic yellow journalism because an outside party was doing the deceiving. Should I think of it otherwise?