19 dezembro 2002

VITAMEDIAS
So How Was 2002 For You, Media? Let’s Say Pungent
Best Unsolved Mystery: Who was "Kurt Andersen"? In August, National Magazine Award–winning Details disclosed that it had run a piece by someone it thought was Mr. Andersen, but wasn’t. Soon, the magazine became the town’s punch line as people questioned how a story could be assigned and fact-checked without anyone ever getting in touch with the real Mr. Andersen. Former Details senior editor Bob Ickes - who worked on the piece - has denied involvement in the hoax, and Fairchild Publications, which owns Details, never named a suspect or culprit.