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		wglb on Aug 21, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Strange and Curious Tale of the Last True Herm... A remarkable article. The author of this has written a number of other spellbinding articles: http://www.gq.com/contributors/michael-finkel

kqr2 on Aug 22, 2014 [–]

For reference, Michael Finkel was fired from the New York Times for fabricating a character in a story.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Finkel

From the description of his book "True Story":

http://www.amazon.com/True-Story-Murder-Memoir-Culpa/dp/B002...

  In 2002, Finkel, a rising star at the Times, was fired 
  for fabricating a character in a story about child 
  laborers in Africa

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