The Ham Sandwich that Changed the World
This is the story of how Fox News mistook a satirical article of a real news story as entirely accurate, read the article's fake quotes on the air, and was sued (twice) for defamation by the person misquoted; the case nearly reached the Supreme Court. This story is told by the author of that satirical article. It includes re-enactments, interviews with the parties involved, and tells the complete tale of how his article got mistaken for legitimate news and set major precedent for how the internet is used as a research tool by news organizations.