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Pranknet-Style Hoax Fools ESPN Reporter
The Smoking Gun ^ | 10/22/2010

Posted on 10/22/2010 3:43:23 PM PDT by llevrok

Edited on 10/22/2010 4:04:21 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]

In a move straight out of the Pranknet playbook, an ESPN reporter early this morning was convinced by an unknown caller to her hotel to break out her room's windows because the building was purportedly on fire.

According to a Gainesville Police Department report, ESPNU reporter Elizabeth Moreau was in her room at a Hilton Garden Inn when a male caller advised

(Excerpt) Read more at thesmokinggun.com ...


TOPICS: Humor; Sports
KEYWORDS: espn

1 posted on 10/22/2010 3:43:30 PM PDT by llevrok
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2 posted on 10/22/2010 3:46:09 PM PDT by Perdogg (Nancy Pelosi did more damage to America on 03/21 than Al Qaeda did on 09/11)
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To: llevrok
I can't believe she fell for this. This is a common prank nowadays, unfortunately.

Despite the damage, not guilty.


3 posted on 10/22/2010 3:46:12 PM PDT by library user
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To: Perdogg

Your picture is better than mine. You win.


4 posted on 10/22/2010 3:48:31 PM PDT by library user
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she just needs a little spanking.


5 posted on 10/22/2010 3:49:59 PM PDT by Perdogg (Nancy Pelosi did more damage to America on 03/21 than Al Qaeda did on 09/11)
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To: llevrok
Did she come from “The Island of Doctor Moreau”?
6 posted on 10/22/2010 4:00:04 PM PDT by HuntsvilleTxVeteran ((B.?) Hussein (Obama?Soetoro?Dunham?) Change America Will Die From.)
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To: llevrok

Somewhere, someone is collecting a bet.

“The blond DID fall for it! Pay up!”


7 posted on 10/22/2010 4:10:24 PM PDT by GladesGuru (In a society predicated upon freedom, it is essential to examine principles,)
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