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Washington Post admits it was victim of hoax
The Washington Post apologized for printing a fabricated profile of a supposed one year old heroin addict tied to a Pulitzer Prize winning piece. Janet Cooke relinquished the prize and resigned after admitting the story was a composite and the quoted child did not exist. The paper said the hoax harmed credibility and pledged to investigate and regain reader trust.
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