No. Not at least at serious non-tabloid newspapers and magazines. People who are discovered to have made up stories get canned and drummed out of journalism. h

No. Not at least at serious non-tabloid newspapers and magazines. People who are discovered to have made up stories get canned and drummed out of journalism. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Glass https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Glass https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claas_Relotius https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claas_Relotius https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jayson_Blair https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jayson_Blair (among many other examples)