Journalistic Lack of Integrity

wolf · 05-11-2003, 10:11 PM

I found it interesting to read this article which describes an apology that was issued by The New York Times regarding stories they printed that appear not to be true. There's a bit of a scandal involved beyond the usual, because the young man involved was fast tracked to become a full reporter, and was apparently promoted over several more experienced coworkers.

What makes this more interesting is that tonight's Sixty Minutes ran a segment on an almost identical situation, in which a reporter for, in this case, New Republic along with several other print magazines, did much the same thing — made up stories, quotes, sources.

Is this a common practice in journalism? or has it become such?

05-11-2003, 10:11 PM	#1
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Journalistic Lack of Integrity I found it interesting to read this article which describes an apology that was issued by The New York Times regarding stories they printed that appear not to be true. There's a bit of a scandal involved beyond the usual, because the young man involved was fast tracked to become a full reporter, and was apparently promoted over several more experienced coworkers. What makes this more interesting is that tonight's Sixty Minutes ran a segment on an almost identical situation, in which a reporter for, in this case, New Republic along with several other print magazines, did much the same thing — made up stories, quotes, sources. Is this a common practice in journalism? or has it become such? __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

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