Slate Finally Puts End To Monkey(fishing) Business, Issues Yet Another Apology
Remember the controversy over that fabricated Slate article on monkeyfishing? No? Probably because it grabbed attention for a few short weeks in June 2001 before fading into the haze of media scandals past.
Well, Slate ran an article penned by James Forman about his excursion to an island in the Florida Keys where he casted for monkeys like fish, using fruit for bait. When bloggers and media outlets everywhere slammed the tale, Slate initially stood by Forman’s piece before setting the record straight and issuing an apology to readers for publishing the falsehoods.
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