Someone recently posted a fake article on a Nebraska Cornhusker fan site claiming that two University of Oklahoma quarterbacks had been arrested on cocaine charges. The bright fellow used a format of The Daily Oklahoman and the byline of an Oklahoman reporter, and now is being sued by both. The parents of the two players say they'll sue, as well. A Birmingham News column by Ray Melick discussing the hoax quoted Rodney Orr, founder of the Alabama fan site TiderInsider, as saying someone posting fake info went to the trouble of creating a fake newspaper, the Piedmont Gazette. Said Orr: "They thought posing was a newspaper article would give their stories credibility."
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