Seven fake journalists. Nearly 100 articles. At least 20 publications. How an Iranian influence operation turned fabricated writers into published, searchable voices in the American press... ...Seven Journalists Who Weren’t Journalists OpenAI identified seven fabricated identities: Ervin B. Hoskins, Noah Lamington, Sophia Gonzalez, Michael Harrison, Ericka Feusier, Jenny Williams, and Alice Johnson. Their biographies described Western freelance writers and analysts interested in foreign policy, international affairs, human rights, and the Middle East. Most supposedly lived in the United States, while Lamington was presented as a writer based in New Zealand.