Most 'spiked' stories of 2003 Posted: December 31, 2003 1:00 a.m. Eastern © 2003 WorldNetDaily.com Back in the old days of newspapering in America – when reporters and editors still used typewriters, pencils and paper to craft their stories – news articles were carried by copy boys from one editor to another. The couriers picked up the copy in one wire basket and brought it to a desk on another. At each stage of the article's development, there would be new scrutiny. Spelling would be checked. The writing would be reworked. Potential legal problems would be considered. Headlines would be...