Scott Templeton is a hack.
But Templeton, a fictional reporter for the Baltimore Sun on the fifth and final season of "The Wire," finishes the series with a Pulitzer Prize for his work on a fake serial killer preying on the homeless.
Sorry about the spoiler.
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