Boston Globe Retracts Story by Freelancer it Says was Fabricated
The Boston Globe told readers in an editor's note published Friday that portions of a story it ran on a seal hunt off Newfoundland and Labrador were fabricated by a freelance reporter who was not at the scene.
The Globe said the reporter, Barbara Stewart, did not attend the event, which had actually been postponed because of bad weather, and that Globe editors should have demanded attribution for details she provided about the hunt.
SNIP
The article, published in Wednesday's editions of the Globe, said that the largest seal hunt in a half a century had resumed, involving hunters on about 300 boats "shooting at harp seal cubs by the hundreds, as the ice and water turned red."
It seems to me there was another recent incident of fabricated news at the Globe, and that doesn't count the plagerism in years past by the likes of Mike Barnicle.
Somebody HAS to answer for this:
Iraq Group Says Holds U.S. Soldier
Reuters ^ | 2/1/05 | Reuters
Posted on 02/01/2005 12:27:11 PM EST by 1LongTimeLurker
DUBAI (Reuters) - A little-known Iraqi insurgent group said on Tuesday it was holding a U.S. soldier and threatened to kill him within 72 hours if Iraqi prisoners were not released, according to an Internet statement.
"Our mujahideen ... have managed to capture the American soldier John Adam after killing a number of his colleagues," said the Mujahideen Squadrons in the undated statement.
It carried a picture appearing to show a U.S. soldier sitting in front of a black banner with a rifle pointed at his head. The authenticity of the claim, which did not say where the man was seized, could not be verified.
"We will cut his throat in 72 hours if our male and female prisoners in the occupation jails are not released," it said.
A group using the same name, Mujahideen Squadrons, last month claimed responsibility for the kidnapping of a Brazilian engineer in Iraq (news - web sites).
Insurgents in Iraq, including al Qaeda's wing in Iraq, have been waging attacks on U.S.-led forces since they invaded the country in 2003.
AP and CNN ran with this story!
Dog, do you have a link to that thread??