[gitmo]

"What she told us -- and we did check during the day -- was that she had confirmed with one of the fishermen in the story that it was going ahead," Smith said, adding that in retrospect the paper should have worked harder to clarify this.

They knew the story was fake! It only became an issue when the government nailed them. The government knew it was fake because the hunt didn't take place. So the reporter had to be sacrificed.

[Grampa Dave]

"They knew the story was fake! It only became an issue when the government nailed them. The government knew it was fake because the hunt didn't take place. So the reporter had to be sacrificed."

Bingo! The head liars, the publishers and editors of the Glob knew this was a piece fiction and only responded when the story was outed as a lie.