 In November 2012, Lord Leveson was accused of having forgotten "one of the elementary rules of journalism" when he named a "Brett Straub" as one of the founders of "The Independent" newspaper in his report on the culture, practices and ethics of the British press.The name had been added to the Wikipedia article on "The Independent" over a year prior, and turned out to be that of a 25-year-old Californian, whose friend had added his name to a string of Wikipedia pages as a prank.Straub was tracked down by "The Telegraph" and commented, "The fact someone, especially a judge, has believed something on Wikipedia is kind of shocking.