An apology to our readers (reporter fired for false reporting)

Sacramento Bee ^ | 8/20/03 | Armando Acuña

[MightyMouseToSaveThe Day]

On Aug. 7, a story on the cover of the Sports section about the Giants game at Pacific Bell Park was filed by a Bee reporter who was not at the game. The reporter watched the game on television at a location away from the stadium.

[MightyMouseToSaveThe Day]

It looks like the Jayson Blair Syndrome is alive and well and pervasive throughout the liberal media.

Notice the way that the Bee buried this journalistic breach by titling it "Apology to our readers"? heck, if you didn't know better, they might as well have been apologizing that your paper got delivered late that morning.

[thoughtomator]

Eh, this seems reasonable on the part of the paper. It's not like the NY Times where they were covering it up for months.

[martin_fierro]

Pingeroo.

Mrs Fierro wants to know: HOW HARD CAN IT BE TO GO TO A BASEBALL GAME AND WRITE ABOUT IT?

[martin_fierro]

BTW, We WERE at that game. Pittsburgh won. <|:)~

[Old Professer]

Hold on a minute; I was there when he didn't go to the game and I didn't see anything wrong with what he wrote; anyway, who reads the sports section anyhow?

All you people who think you're so smart just because you've got good jobs and you didn't grow up in the hood and all make me want to puke.

Is this where I came in?

[ChicagoRepublican]

I tell you what...if I was paid to go to White Sox games and interview management and players I would go to every damn game.

[cinFLA]

It looks like the Jayson Blair Syndrome is alive and well and pervasive throughout the liberal media.

The SacBee hired a friend of JB's from the NYT's a couple of months ago to be their ombudsman. Seems like the new guy is bringing his ethics to the SacBee.

[adam_az]

No, not the Sac Bee!

Next thing you know, we'll find out that Robert Fisk makes up stories! My world is shattered!

[JennysCool]

By having the sports section do these sort of mea culpas, it takes the heat off the News Division.

I'm a former sports reporter. This guy had a date with somebody who hated baseball.

[Chad Fairbanks]

Well, it was probably the costs involved - after parking, tcikets, food, beer, etc... it probably would have cost him more to go to teh game than he would have made for doing the story ;0)

[DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet]

What did I tell you about that tag? : )

[Chad Fairbanks]

Ummm... I don't know., But then, I never listen anyway...

[xm177e2]

It looks like the Jayson Blair Syndrome is alive and well and pervasive throughout the liberal media.

Notice the way that the Bee buried this journalistic breach by titling it "Apology to our readers"? heck, if you didn't know better, they might as well have been apologizing that your paper got delivered late that morning.

Oh, please. They fired him immediately and explained why in a complete fashion. They don't have to make it a page-one story.

[Grampa Dave]

At least he watched the game on tv and probably had the score correct. That is more than the lying lunatic mediots at the NY Slimes when they write about Iraq or anything to make President Bush look bad.

[eldoradude]

He filed his story without telling editors at The Bee his true location, leaving the impression he covered the game from the ballpark.

The story violated basic journalistic values and ethics as practiced by The Bee.

What a crock! So what! They make up and slant so much crap about politics, the economy, and world events that a reporter who actually watched the game and got the score correct is the height of integrity for that rag.

Take the Jerusalem murders yesterday, for instance. No pictures of the victims and quotes from the murderer's wife. No headline stating that 5 Americans died, one a 5 month old baby and one a three year old.

What a bunch a f%@*ing hypocrites!

[Grampa Dave]

Exactly. I used to live in Sacramento, and they have lied to promote the left wing and enviral whackoism for since the early 1970's.

[Once-Ler]

the story included quotes from other media outlets that were unattributed and old, made to reporters on a previous occasion before the day of the game.

No wonder he got caught! Look at this quote...

Greg Packer, Long Island highway maintenance worker, said 'I'm a big fan of Hillary and Bill's. I want to change her mind about running for president. I want to be part of her campaign.'

[ladyinred]

The Bee, a leftist rag reports lies daily on the front page as news, and they are worried about a reporter who at least watched the game misleading us? HAH!

[ladyinred]

Do you happen to live in an area that carries the Bee? I do, and trust me, they are not responsible about anything else they falsely report! Even the comics they run are leftist propaganda!