Mike Barnicle

Prominent Boston-based columnist and pundit Mike Barnicle got his start at the Boston Globe in 1974. He now appears frequently on many national talk shows, and writes a regular column for the Boston Herald.

Barnicle's regular column feature, "I Was Just Thinking", which consisted of brief quips from Barnicle, was found in 1998 to feature a number of items that appeared in George Carlin's book Brain Droppings. Barnicle claimed he never read the book, but researchers soon found a video clip of Barnicle giving the book an overwhelmingly positive review. Barnicle was suspended from the Globe for two months. Shortly thereafter, it was found that he'd fabricated a story about a child dying from cancer. Barnicle was fired from the Globe.