Tabloid fires 'Yahoo baby' reporter | The Register, 24 Jan 2005

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/01/24/yahoo_baby_reporter_fired/
Lester Haines
"Romanian tabloid Libertatea has fired the reporter who fabricated a story claiming that a couple had named their baby Yahoo, Reuters reports.
Ion Garnod walked the plank after admitting he made the whole thing up 'to look good'. A birth certificate accompanying the story turned out to be that of Garnod's own son. The paper's deputy ed, Simona Ionescu, said: 'If it were real, it would have been a good story indeed.'
Yes it would, and El Reg duly ran the heartwarmer after Reuters picked up on the human-interest piece. We consider ourselves entirely blameless in the matter. After all, if you can't trust a Romanian tabloid, then who can you trust?"