This remembered me of that post here on HN last week about how a guy invented a false lead about the new Xbox and news sites were running with it without even s

This remembered me of that post here on HN last week about how a guy invented a false lead about the new Xbox and news sites were running with it without even sending a e-mail back to him asking for more information. Even worse is that some sites tried to just copy and paste from other sites and change a bit to look original, and ended reporting wrong (invented) facts.