On the internet, anything is possible

Even before all the ballots were counted in the race for city attorney, the rumors began flying that Councilman Jack Weiss would be hired by Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa for a $200,000 a year job in his office. Daily News.

Villaraigosa and his aides deny it. Weiss also denies it.

Yet it continues to make its way around, usually with a subject header: "Can you believe this?" or "This cannot be allowed to stand."