New York Times Falls for April Fool's Prank
The Gray Lady woke up this morning with a few extra gray hairs and a fish on her back. The New York Times‘ City Room blog fell for a hoax by New York personal-injury lawyer and blogger Eric Turkewitz.
Turkewitz claimed in an April 1 post that he’d been appointed official White House law blogger. He and a cohort of bloggers and tweeters posted corroborating responses and updates throughout the day. Eventually the Times picked up the story.
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