St. Paul Pioneer Press Discovers Minnesota News Ran Fake BP Story
After two Minnesota news stations, KARE and KSTP, ran stories on a newly-designed designed cap to stop the oil leak in the Gulf, a reporter from the St. Paul Pioneer Press did a little further investigating and managed to find more than a few (yeah, we’re going there… brace yourselves) leaks in the story.
The man who supposedly designed this cap — and who was reported to potentially make millions off his design — was identified as Blake Mastin, a mechanic working for the National Guard.
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