CNN quake report punked by fake cop: It came from 'from Howard Stern's butt crack'

[Once upon a time, you could rely on news networks to verify their sources. Journalistic integrity has gone belly-up in the face of trying to "scoop" everyone else. - Bozo]
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By David Edwards
Sunday, August 24, 2014 9:30 EDT
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CNN on Sunday failed to check the credentials of someone who said he was a San Francisco Police Department official, and then said that the recent earthquake was a "rumbling from Howard Stern's butt crack."
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Just hours after a magnitude 6.0 earthquake rocked the Napa Valley region of California, a CNN host introduced someone named "Adam Sure" as the "PIO of the San Francisco police."
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"Adam, what kind of calls are you getting right now?" the host wondered. "Any damage? Any injuries?"
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"Yes, because of the early morning, most people were home when it occurred," the alleged police official remarked. "And what we believe is that this was a rumbling from Howard Stern's butt crack."
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"Obviously, that is not who we expected it was to be," the CNN host explained. "We apologize for that so early in the morning."
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"The fact of the matter is, this is a serious situation. So, we don't need any jokes going on right now."
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