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'''Brian Chase''' (age 38 as of ]), was the operations manager of a small delivery company in ], ] who has inadvertently made himself famous by posting a ] on ], the world's largest ]. |
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in the ] for ], ], ]. |
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In this hoax, Brian Chase, posting anonymously, wrote material suggesting that ], a former editor of ] in Nashville, had been involved in the assassinations of both ] and ]. The New York Times reports that "Misplaced Pages, a nonprofit venture that is the world's biggest encyclopedia, is written and edited by thousands of volunteers". |
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The hoax was reported in ]. The source of the hoax was uncovered by ], who used an ] to track down Mr. Chase. Chase said he had done it as a joke to amuse a colleague when they found out anyone could edit Misplaced Pages.{{ref|NYTSeigenthaler}} Subsequently Daniel Brandt has tried to get the Misplaced Pages article about himself deleted from Misplaced Pages. |
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Ironically he himself has been connected to the JFK assassination and critics believe his hoax was to throw the public off his trail. |
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{{see|John Seigenthaler Sr. Misplaced Pages biography controversy}} |
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# {{note|NYTSeigenthaler}} Katharine Q. Seelye (], ]), "," '']'' |
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