You know things are getting weird when the opening graph of a straight news story in the Chicago Tribune has this many covers.
The supposed architect of the Manti Te’o dead girlfriend hoax reportedly admitted to fabricating it without the former Notre Dame star’s collusion, and a source confirmed to the Tribune that the fictitious girlfriend told Te’o she faked her demise to avoid drug dealers.
I've not seen that many "supposed", "reported," and "alleged" in a lead since those made up crazy exercises from back in journalism 101.
Of course, it isn't helping that we have "sources" providing the details on the fictitious and the fake.
When no one is talking open and on the record, the nature of information is someone fills the void - even if the people giving the information are a shadowy as Kekua herself.
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