I found this interesting article on Yahoo News here: http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Irish-student-hoaxes-worlds-apf-15201451.html?.v=1 retrieved May 12, 2009.
It talks about a student who placed a fake quote into Wikipedia and how the media took it as credible even though people who reviewed Wikipedia found the source inaccurate and removed the information twice.
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