Thursday, August 24, 2006

Today's fake: taking advantage of Jon Karr obsession

A "notorious prank caller" impersonated a minor figure in the Jon Mark Karr weirdness and scored a live phone interview with Wolf Blitzer on his CNN show "The Situation Room." (Courtesy Mediabistro.)

And in suburban Kansas City, a couple pleaded guilty to fraud charges after it was revealed they faked sextuplets in order to get all the swag that comes with having a large litter. How did they get away with it at all? "The couple claimed the births were being kept secret by a court order because a family member was out to kill them." That that story was believed by authorities in their small town says a lot about rural Missouri, doesn't it?

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