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Panel faults USA Today editors in fraudulent reporting scandal; Kelley issues apology
Associated Press ^
| 4-22-04
| SETH SUTEL, AP Business Writer
Posted on 04/22/2004 12:00:35 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
(AP) -- A panel of leading journalists determined that lax editing standards, poor newsroom oversight and a culture of fear allowed a former star reporter at USA Today to get away with fraudulent reporting for more than a decade, despite serious concerns being raised about his work.
The scandal provoked by Jack Kelley's extensive misdeeds has struck a devastating blow to USA Today, the largest circulation newspaper in the country, and paralleled a debacle last year at The New York Times involving former reporter Jayson Blair. Karen Jurgensen, 55, USA Today's editor since 1999, stepped down abruptly on Tuesday in the wake of the scandal.
The panel found that Kelley faked parts of at least 20 stories and plagiarized at least a hundred passages from other publications. In an initial report last month, the panel found that Kelley had made up parts of at least eight stories.
Led by three distinguished editors, the panel delivered its final report to Publisher Craig Moon last week. The paper disclosed the panel's findings in a full page of articles in its Thursday editions, and a good portion of the report on its Web site.
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KEYWORDS: journalism; journalists; kosovo; media; serbia; usatoday
To: Oldeconomybuyer
The partisan media keeps on taking another one to its already tattered credibility. Cheers!
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posted on
04/22/2004 12:03:09 PM PDT
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
To: goldstategop
Except USA Today has generally been less partisan than most. This isn't great news.
Qwinn
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posted on
04/22/2004 12:05:41 PM PDT
by
Qwinn
To: Oldeconomybuyer; NYC Republican
One of the stories that Kelley was caught faking was on "mass graves" in Kosovo...a story that was used to justify President Clinton's 1999 war there.
Likewise, wasn't the BBC reporter named "Kelley" who faked his "sexed up" stories in an attempt to bring Prime Minister Blair's government down?!
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posted on
04/22/2004 12:06:52 PM PDT
by
Southack
(Media Bias means that Castro won't be punished for Cuban war crimes against Black Angolans in Africa)
To: Southack
David Kelly at the BBC.
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posted on
04/22/2004 12:08:30 PM PDT
by
Southack
(Media Bias means that Castro won't be punished for Cuban war crimes against Black Angolans in Africa)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
INTREP - MEDIA ALERT!
To: Oldeconomybuyer
What, USA LIES TODAY, had a reporter who lied and misled the dumb readers of USA LIES TODAY!
We are shocked, stunned and have lost faith in another media outlet controlled by the Lunatic Lefties.
They should hire Woodward as their truth monitor.
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posted on
04/22/2004 12:24:13 PM PDT
by
Grampa Dave
(Question: "When does a Lying Lunatic Lib like Woodward or al Querry stop lying?!")
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Sounds like Woodward's book
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posted on
04/22/2004 12:30:13 PM PDT
by
lilylangtree
(Veni, Vidi, Vici)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Sounds like Woodward's book
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posted on
04/22/2004 12:30:22 PM PDT
by
lilylangtree
(Veni, Vidi, Vici)
To: Southack
This guy could wind up being a bigger fake than Jayson Blair of the NY Slimes.
To: NYC Republican
USA Today is not a newspaper.
To: NYC Republican
beat me to it - (Jason Blair)
Leads me to the question - Who has more credibility? Jason Blair, Jack Kelley or Dan Rather?
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posted on
04/22/2004 9:18:45 PM PDT
by
mcenedo
(lying liberal media - our most dangerous and powerful enemy)
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