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Brian Chase (age 38 as of 2005), was the operations manager of a small delivery company, Rush Delivery, in Nashville, Tennessee who inadvertently made himself famous by posting a hoax on Misplaced Pages from the IP 65.81.97.208, which led to the John Seigenthaler Sr. Misplaced Pages biography controversy.
In this hoax Chase anonymously posted material suggesting that John Seigenthaler Sr., a former editor of The Tennessean in Nashville, had been involved in the assassinations of both John and Robert Kennedy.
Chase became aware of the effect of his post through the news. Meanwhile, the IP address he had used was traced back to his company by Daniel Brandt and others. With the pressure mounting, Chase resigned from Rush Delivery on 9 December and delivered a handwritten apology that day to Seigenthaler. Chase said he had done it as a joke to amuse a colleague when they found out anyone could edit Misplaced Pages. Chase's identity was reported in the New York Times on 11 December 2005.
Notes
- Katharine Q. Seelye (December 11, 2005), "A Little Sleuthing Unmasks Writer of Misplaced Pages Prank," The New York Times
- Home page for IP and City Search entry
External links
- Seelye, Katharine Q. A Little Sleuthing Unmasks Writer of Misplaced Pages Prank New York Times, 11 December 2005.
- Mielczarek, Natalia. Fake online biography created as 'joke' The Tennesseean, 11 December 2005.