The newest -gate

[Joel S. Berson]

Pig-gate -- the scandal about the staged (that
is, fictitious) incident of a pig rescuing a baby
goat [perhaps for species differentiation, some
articles don't use the word "kid"] stuck in a petting zoo pond.

See, e.g.,
http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/02/27/brian-williams-comes-clean-on-pig-gate/

For a full exposé, see http://tinyurl.com/bty6n2j or
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/27/arts/television/pig-rescues-goat-and-the-video-is-really-cute-but-totally-faked.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

Joel

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