Orlando Sentinel accidentally enters the fiction business

orlandoA My Word column on Thursday’s opinion pages about an encounter between a bartender and a female customer who turned out to be a “bar spy” was fictionalized. Although the column was not labeled as fiction when submitted, its author, Robert J. Havel of Winter Park, said after publication that he intended it as a satirical response to an April 4 news article about bar spotters, who are hired to detect uncover theft and other problems at bars. Link

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