Great line from this USA Today story about the ABC News report that hyped the threat of multicultural interns breaching college research reactors:

Ohio State and Kansas State officials say they give tours because, as educational facilities, it’s their job to spread the word about how nuclear energy is being used.
Saying the interns were able to get close to the facility is “like coming to my driveway and saying, ‘Guess what? I just got into McDonald’s!’” said Earle Holland, Ohio State senior director for research communications.

ABC investigative reporter Brian Ross then delivers this whopper:

The students didn’t embark on the project with a specific result in mind. “A lot of them were hoping that they didn’t find these stories,” he said.
Two of the students have subsequently gotten jobs at ABC News and Ross said he hoped the network would hire more.

These students were hoping not to find these stories like I was hoping not to find a half a bag of tater tots left in the freezer last night. Of course they wanted to find these stories. And as you can see, their silly report paid off quite well. All I got for finding the tots was indigestion.