It Starts With A Putter, It Ends With Death - Did A Journalist Cross The Line?

"Every journalist has worked on a story that started out being about one thing and ended up as something else entirely. That's what happened to Caleb Hannan, who got curious about a weird-looking golf club he found on YouTube and started quizzing the inventor about her far-out scientific theories. Hannan's essay for Grantland, "Dr. V's Magical Putter," documents the writer's eight-month journey to unravel the truth about Dr. Essay Anne Vanderbilt. In the end, as the piece twisted to a horrific conclusion, Hannan never quite figured out what his story was about.

If you haven't read Hannan's story yet, you should—I'll be here when you're done. In brief, the writer discovered that "Dr. V" was a con artist. She lied about her educational and professional credentials to Hannan and to a man who gave her $60,000—cash that investor never saw again. In the course of his reporting, Hannan also learned that Dr. Essay Anne Vanderbilt "was born a boy.""* The Young Turks hosts Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian break it down.

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