[Minn]

He says he saw the quote on so many sources so believed it had to be true. But isn't there this thing in journalism about "who" "when" "what" where" or something like that?

He surely thought he knew the who. Did it not occur to him to get the when and the where before putting the column in the can and calling it a day? Apparently not. It shows the credulity and density of those like Sanchez and this guy that propagated this thing. Not one of them asked: wait a minute, when and where did he say that?

[Stentor]

He says he saw the quote on so many sources so believed it had to be true. But isn't there this thing in journalism about "who" "when" "what" where" or something like that?

He arose out of a culture which has urban legend as its classical philosophy. Poor Jason. He was born with a silver Tootsie Roll in his mouth.