Some doubt has recently been cast on Salam Pax, not on whether or not he was real, which seems to be less of interest right now, but on who he is in Iraq. Jim Henley's Unqualified Offerings links to some defenses of Salam as well as to the original article.
I think I mentioned the "real life superhero" in Tunbridge Wells... and even if I didn't, it turned out to be a massive practical joke. Another case of reporters jumping into a story without doing that crucial research first... but at least this one was funny.
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