[kall]

A Romanian tabloid said on Monday it had fired a reporter for making up a story about a couple who named their son Yahoo as a sign of gratitude for meeting over the Internet.

Bucharest daily Libertatea published a story this month saying two Romanians had named their baby for the popular Web site and printed a picture of his birth certificate. The news was published internationally, including by Reuters.

"It was the reporter's child's birth certificate, which he modified," said Simona Ionescu, Libertatea's deputy editor-in-chief. "We fired him."

She said Ion Garnod, who had worked for the paper for several years, had admitted inventing the story to look good.

"If it were real, it would have been a good story indeed," Ionescu said.

Garnod was not available for comment.

[Sparklechick]

How about the people over in the Tsunami stricken countries naming their newborns Tsunami?

Imagine being named after something that killed most of your friends and family?

Anyway ... back to topic ... good on them for sacking the reporter ... mind you if every reporter was sacked for publishing incorrect/made up information then we wouldn't have many reporters around which would probably be a good thing in most cases

[nih]

At first I thought you said "Roman tabloid" and was going to give you shit for posting old news.

[kall]

A Roman tablet said on Monday it had fired a reporter for making up a story about a couple who named their son Chunder as a sign of gratitude for meeting over the vomitorium.

Rome daily Liberterium published a story this month saying two Romans had named their baby for the popular pastime of purging food, and produced a picture of his birth certificate on the side of an amphora. The news was published throught the empire, including by Reuterisimus.

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[nih]

Nero, the new Michael Jackson. Is to christians what jacko is to unattended children.