Original Slate article on "monkeyfishing": http://slate.msn.com/vice/01-06-07/vice.asp Retraction: http://slate.msn.com/slatefare/01-06-25/slatefare.asp WSJ summary: http://opinionjournal.com/columnists/jtaranto/?id=95000714 -Declan --- http://www.wired.com/news/print/0,1294,44939,00.html Ever hear of monkeyfishing? Jay Forman wrote about this purported sport in a Slate article on June 7, saying that somewhat-sadistic fishermen in Florida entertained themselves by using apples on hooks to catch rhesus monkeys. After Inside.com and The New York Times questioned the truthfulness of Forman's account, an embarrassed Michael Kinsey retracted the article and apologized to his readers on June 25. Now the term's been expropriated by a merry band of D.C. muckrakers for a new website, monkeyfishing.com, which they plan to use to keep the media honest. "A lot of it is going to be straight commentary from a libertarian perspective," says Jerry Brito, the site's cofounder. Brito works at the Cato Institute during the day and he previously founded now-defunct Liberzine.com. Says Brito: "Hopefully if this becomes a little more popular, people can start sending us stories they find along the way." ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if you include this notice. To subscribe, visit http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------
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