Monday, January 14, 2013

New York Post Yanks Fake Weiner Story

"...As long as the spell my name right."
From the New York Observer:
The New York Post pulled a story offline after New York Mag called them out on the erroneous report that one-time congressman Anthony Weiner got a new job.

“Disgraced ex-Congressman Anthony Weiner has landed a job after being unemployed for 18 months, his first gig since resigning amid a Twitter sexting scandal,” the Post story said, claiming that Mr. Weiner got a part-time gig  consulting for Madison Avenue brokerage firm Concept Capital Markets.


Kevin Roose called up Robert E. Moore, the CEO of the brokerage firm, who told the business writer that he had never met Mr. Weiner and had not offered him a job. “Concept Capital Markets has not engaged former congressman Anthony Weiner,” Mr. Moore wrote in a memo to his employees this morning....MORE
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