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Hoax No. 2: 'Kindness In America' Memoir Writer Shot Himself

We were very tempted earlier this week to post about the guy who said he's writing a memoir called Kindness in America and had gotten shot while hitchhiking across the country. Many sites picked up that oh-so-ironic story.

Then we got distracted. .

So it's with some sense of relief that we now pass along word that the sheriff's department in Valley County, Mont., says Ray Dolin . A man who had been taken into custody based on Dolin's claim has been cleared of wrongdoing.

If you're keeping track, this is . These things usual come in threes. So keep an eye out for another one.

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Mark Memmott is NPR's supervising senior editor for Standards & Practices. In that role, he's a resource for NPR's journalists – helping them raise the right questions as they do their work and uphold the organization's standards.
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