Los Angeles, CA -- The folks at Fox News Channel need to be spanked and sent back to journalism school, according to one L.A.-based writer.

Ray Richmond runs HollywoodPulse.com, a humor website that features fake news stories spoofing Hollywood celebs.

The site's stories are strictly satirical, but that didn't stop Fox producers from booking Richmond as a legitimate news expert for a serious discussion of comic Paula Poundstone's legal problems that aired March 1.

Richmond says he's amazed producers didn't realize his site was a spoof -- especially since it contained a story which reported Poundstone was being granted "supervised child abuse" privileges.

But he played along with the Fox interview because -- in his words -- "I didn't figure it was my place to tell them this is all b.s."

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