It looked like a legitimate New York Times op-ed, with working links to other sections and house ads for the newspaper. But a column allegedly authored by former Times executive editor Bill Keller on why media organizations should defend WikiLeaks was a fake.Keller cleared the air Sunday morning: “THERE IS A FAKE OP-ED GOING AROUND UNDER MY NAME, ABOUT WIKILEAKS. EMPHASIS ON “FAKE. “AS IN, NOT MINE,” Keller tweeted (caps-lock his).
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