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Waggable: Thanks for the add, Congressman

By Nick Douglas, 9:30 AM on Wed Oct 4 2006, 234 views (Edit, to draft, Top, Slurp)

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Journo student Trent Lapinski just made his reporting debut with "MySpace: The Business of Spam 2.0," so it was cute to hear him say in conversation:

I wonder if I can get an exclusive interview with [disgraced Congressman Mark] Foley...I bet he has lots of friends on MySpace.

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