The Lede: Writer Accused of Faking Interviews
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A former consultant for ABC News published âinterviewsâ in a French magazine with marquee names like Bill Clinton and Kofi Annan, who now say they never spoke to him.
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Fake phone contest scandal resurfaces with another alleged case of viewer deception.
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Player who said he was duped into accepting a fake scholarship admits making up the story.
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A. N. Wilson, falling for a hoax, printed a fake letter containing a hidden insult in his biography of John Betjeman.
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The Republican debate in Columbia, South Carolina on May 15 broached the issue of 'enhanced interrogation techniques' and torture, and whether or not the use of either is legitimate. &nbsp;Ron Paul and John McCain were the only two in the whole field who called 'enhanced interrogation techniques' a euphemism for torture, and they were the only two who expressly rejected the use of these techniques. Ron Paul at one point accused Brit Hume, a Fox News moderator, as well as the other candidates, of engaging in 'newspeak.' &nbsp; This was a big highlight for me, even though I have, for years, resisted the urge to simply compare Fox News or the Bush administration to the societies described by George Orwell in his novels. I always rejected it as overly simplistic, or as breathless left-wing hysteria on par with 'OMG BUSHITLER' and the like. I must admit however that the exchange was getting pretty surreal until Ron Paul pointed it out. But that was hardly the strangest thing that happened. That would be the exchange between Paul and Giuliani, facilitated by moderator and all-around Fox News hack Wendell Goler. Paul comported himself well in spite of the openly hostile treatment by Fox News and some of his opponents, notching 2nd place in the Fox News text message poll. This is notable because Paul's positions on almost every issue stand in stark contrast to those of his opponents. Links, transcript, and some thoughts below the fold, with a poll.
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Â· Best-selling novelist fears for safety over web jibesÂ· Libel case defendant accused of 'jew hating'
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Senior BBC source says corporation's creative director performed shots for interviews he did not conduct.
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Writer and broadcaster Robert Elms remembers some of his best and worst interview moments.
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Plagiarism, financing accusations come on eve of Wisconsin primary.
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The abstruse French writer is popping up everywhere these days- in movies, TV, even newspapers. Is he trying to tell us something?
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Prosecutors want to know whether the business development company obtained the phone records of a critic through impersonation.
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The chief investigator in the case of a farmer charged in the deaths of 26 women conceded Tuesday that he purposely misled the man during interrogation about what his friends and brother had told police.
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British Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett was duped into making revealing comments about fellow ministers by an impressionist impersonating finance minister Gordon Brown, newspapers reported.
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Doubts about Martin H. Tankleffâs confession tap into a legal debate about how much deception is too much.
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NEW YORK - English playwright Byrony Lavery has been accused of plagiarizing passages from a criminal psychiatrist and a magazine writer in her Tony Award-nominated play about a serial killer and his psychiatrist.    Dr...
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he man whose accusations of sexual harassment led to the resignation of Gov. James E. McGreevey, told an Israeli newspaper in a new interview yesterday that he was made to seem a &quot;ridiculous character&quot; by Mr. McGreevey and his staff.
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The humble  interview, the linchpin of journalism for centuries, is under assault.