Seen that story everywhere about the Mayor of Baltimore condemning Chris Grayling for his referencing of The Wire?

Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon's fake website

Alex Hilton (also known as Recess Monkey) set up a fake MayorofBaltimore.org site. The fake press release was riddled with clues – the British spelling, the jokey references and of course the copyright notice at the bottom (R Monkee Esq).

The Guardian, Indy and the Labour blogosphere lapped it up without checking their sources.  Doh!

UPDATE : Chris Grayling tells Guido “it made me laugh”.