'Reunion' turns out to be just one big fish tale

'Reunion' turns out to be just one big fish tale

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Did you hear the one about the fat, blind goldfish rescued off a lawn and reunited with his owner?

Turns out it was more than just a fish story. It was a hoax.

Wednesday -- when The Bee published an article about Charley the goldfish's reunion with his owner -- some readers called to blow holes in the story.

Charley is real. So are Lori Igasan and Bernadette Planting, the two women featured in the article. But they're not strangers to each other, as they told reporter Will Albritton, and good old Charley never was lost or discovered on Igasan's lawn.

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Wow, investigative journalism at it's finest. I know that these kind of fluff pireces are put together in a matter of 15 to 20 minutes, but seriously. If the reporter was not skeptical, an editor sould have been. Let's also not forget that a photographer was involved as well.
Is it any suprise that they didn't question the intelligence in the run-up to the war.

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