An Annapolitan would spot the forgery right away.
First, the City Council has nine members including the mayor. Sure, someone may be absent. But a "7 – 1" vote at a City Council meeting should signal the news story was suspect Wednesday on the website of Yahoo! Finance.
Second, would the council ever proclaim "Go Army, beat Navy"?
No way, bub.
But that was the fast-one pulled by Michael Nemeth, a marketing professional in Columbus, Ohio and 2004 graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point (so he claimed).
"News can travel fast before it gets vetted," he said.