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Donovan Lamb is a kid featured in a list article Vivian wrote about things to enjoy about New York.

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When Vivian was putting together a list of things to love about New York for an article, she chose Donovan as number 12, as he'd made $80 million on the stock market before he could drive. She verified this and talked to his friends and parents about it. She even saw bank statements. But she had a funny feeling about it. She told Paul, who said to write it up and he'd look into it later. Despite this, the article was published exactly as she wrote it, but with a flashier title, which got the story picked up. It was after this happened that she learned that Donovan never had any money, because he did an interview with the Post in which he claimed Vivian pressured him to lie. This led to a job offer being rescinded.

Later, Donovan also went on America Investigated to talk about his story for an episode on bad journalism.

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