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Say That Again

by Mike Masnick

Wed, Aug 9th 2006 7:12pm





Best Faked Interview Excuse Ever: Quotes So Good, Death Shouldn't Keep Them Down

from the file-that-one-away dept

Stories about reporters faking interviews are all too common these days. In fact, we had one just last week. Wired News has been burned by this in the past, so it's perhaps not that surprising that they're a bit more proactive in trying to make sure people being interviewed actually exist. They didn't catch it before they published some articles by freelancer Philip Chien, but after looking into a few of his sources, Wired News has pulled down a few of his articles. What may be most interesting about this, though, is Chien's excuses for using an email address that just so happened to come from the same IP address as his own computer as the supposed source of the quotes. Rather than just admit he made up "Ted Collins," Chien told Wired News that Collins died in 1997, but "he liked his quotes so much he wanted to use them posthumously."

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  1.  

    And people complain about Wikipedia....

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    Double Down, Aug 9th, 2006 @ 7:55pm

    at least with Wikipedia you can change false or faked information.

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    Anonymous Coward, Aug 9th, 2006 @ 8:27pm

    hahahah, that's pretty fucked up

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    Anonymous Coward, Aug 9th, 2006 @ 8:49pm

    worst article ever!

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    Best dead fake quotes......

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    codyaddayadda, Aug 9th, 2006 @ 10:01pm

    "I never had sex with that woman."

    Joseph of Nazereth

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    Look

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    Zwxphtt, Aug 10th, 2006 @ 4:10am

    Look...I'm going to give you a couple of quotes but I don't want you to use them until I'm dead..OK?

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    Re: Look

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    Alan, Aug 10th, 2006 @ 5:33am

    Here, I'll give you a quote.... " .... want another?

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    Best fake Quote

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    Hahaha, Aug 10th, 2006 @ 7:07am

    Look a woman in the eye and say "I Love You" lmao....buckets!

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    Anonymous Coward, Aug 10th, 2006 @ 7:30am

    does this guy's quote become more valuable after he is dead, just like some artist's paintings?

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  9.  

    I am Ted Collins

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    Ted Collins, Aug 10th, 2006 @ 9:27am

    and you can quote me on that.

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    Anonymous Coward, Aug 10th, 2006 @ 9:42am

    Love all this exposure on the media twisting things around... Everyone's got an axe to grind, it seems.

    Who needs real news, propaganda's better!!! At least, that's what some seem to believe.

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