When the media collapses, who is to be trusted

Gonz

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First it was the liberal/conservative bias. Then the NY Times (several times), now it's the USA Today. Granted, not in the same scope as the NYT or the Washington Post but it's still a newspaper.

What does Freedom of the Press mean when they've become liars?

KURTZ: USA TODAY REPORTER PANICKED
Sat Jan 10 2004 19:49:51 ET


USA Today correspondent Jack Kelley resigned Tuesday after an investigation of his work -- after he "panicked and used poor judgment" during the probe, the WASHINGTON POST is planning to report on Sunday.

According to newsroom sources, the POST's Howard Kurtz will report: "In an effort to prove that he had spoken with a human rights activist in Yugoslavia, Kelley said in an interview, he encouraged a translator who was not present during the 1999 sit-down to impersonate another translator who was there. The woman who agreed to help Kelley called the USA Today journalist assigned to investigate the matter last fall and verified Kelley's account as if she had been there. "

About two weeks later, Kelley said, he realized the magnitude of his error and confessed to the paper's publisher, executive editor and reporter Mark Memmott, who had received the bogus call.

"I resigned because I felt I should no longer work at USA Today because of what I'd done," Kelley said. But he said he stands behind every story he has written, many of them from war zones, during a 21-year career at the nation's best-selling newspaper. He said his bad judgment stemmed from his conviction that the investigation was "a witch hunt to drive me out of USA Today."

Editor Karen Jurgensen said Saturday: "I'm confident Jack was treated fairly and professionally throughout the investigation. We have no concerns whatsoever about the quality or fairness of the investigation."
 

chcr

Too cute for words
Gonz said:
First it was the liberal/conservative bias. Then the NY Times (several times), now it's the USA Today. Granted, not in the same scope as the NYT or the Washington Post but it's still a newspaper.

What does Freedom of the Press mean when they've become liars?

The media has been lying to punch up stories for years. Occasionally they get caught, make an example of someone and go on because thay know the public is gullible.
 
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