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	2004-06-29 - Weird News Wireless Flash News Americans Will Happily Help Journalists Violate Ethics

Los Angeles, CA (WFN) -- Americans not only believe in freedom of the press, but many are happily willing to help the media fake sources for a story. That's what journalist Rodger Jacobs discovered when he pulled a media prank by placing a classified ad on craigslist.com, explaining he was a reporter who fudged a story about buying fake I.D.s and needed someone willing to "pretend to be Paco," a phony street source quoted in the story. Jacobs posted the ad on Saturday (Jun. 26) and he received more than 35 inquiries before it was taken down on Sunday night. Some of the potential Pacos include one voiceover actor who touted his radio commercials for Papa John's pizza and another who claimed he actually sold fake I.D.s for a living. The plug on the prank was pulled Sunday night (Jun. 27), when a reporter contacted Jacobs about the ad. As he puts it, "She had faith no real journalist would actually do this." That might sound like good news to some, but Jacobs is still "disappointed" that so many regular citizens had "no qualms about helping a journalist violate their ethics." Weird news story link: Just copy and paste the following code into your page. <a href="http://www.ncbuy.com/news/2004-06-29/101009965.html">Americans Will Happily Help Journalists Violate Ethics</a> Get ready to test your knowledge in the single-player online version of America's Favorite Quiz Show. The Nightshift Code is a hidden object adventure that embarks on a mysterious and sometimes dangerous journey in search of a lost treasure.     More Weird News From 2004-06-29 The day's offbeat stories from around the world. • 'Fahrenheit 9/11' Inspiring Sneaky Teens? • Flash Lites: Rip 'N' Read Pop Culture Recap • Hollywood Hairdressers Use Dog Shampoo On Human Heads • A Possible Genius In The Making Goes To Vegas • PETA Purrs At Sharon Osbourne, Grrs At Mya • Conceptual Artist Parades Bush Around • Websites Put Designs On Habitats For Alzheimer's Patients • Americans Will Happily Help Journalists Violate Ethics • New Dental Plate Keeps You From Cleaning Your Plate • Financial Independence May Come On Fourth Of July • Around The Weird: Bizarre News Briefs   « Current Weird News Stories

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