The Public Editor: Specifics allow readers to judge for themselves(Diana Griego Erwin)

SACBEE ^ | 05/23/05 | Armando Acuña

[Pikamax]

The Public Editor: Specifics allow readers to judge for themselves By Armando Acuña -- The Public Editor Published 2:15 am PDT Sunday, May 22, 2005 The resignation of Diana Griego Erwin over allegations that she fabricated material in her work as The Bee's metro columnist moved many readers to ask for more specific information about the columns in question.

"As a reader, I'm owed that," said Steve Papinchak, a private investigator for a federal contractor. The way the story has played out so far, "I just have to trust that The Bee did an impartial investigation."

Arden Fair Mall The readers are right. More specifics are needed so they can judge for themselves the issues facing the paper's senior editors as they grapple with the problem of authenticity.

This request for more information is made more important by Griego Erwin's public statements that she did nothing wrong and that she resigned due to personal reasons.

So I will describe the columns in question at the time of Griego Erwin's resignation, as explained to me last week by the paper's executive editor, Rick Rodriguez. Here are the parameters:

The columns cited here are those that The Bee's editors asked Griego Erwin to verify. The paper is also examining other Griego Erwin columns, but that investigation is ongoing, the results of which will be published in the paper; those columns are not part of today's material.

I contacted Griego Erwin and told her about today's column, asking for comment. She said she would call back but didn't.

Before going further, here's a quick history of how we got here:

[Kenny Bunkport]

"As a reader, I'm owed that," said Steve Papinchak

Attitude of the typical Bee reader.

[knews_hound]

As I pointed out in a previous thread, it seemed an amazing coincidence that every one of her heart wrenching stories just happened to parrot the DNC talking points.

There should have been red flags about "the Poodle" loooooong before this.

Good riddance to bad rubbish.

Cheers,

knews hound

[stop_fascism]

The column's first paragraph reads: "Margaret Brown invites me to sit at a wobbly wood table in her Florin-area home. She peels carrots and talks to me. Later, as tears roll down her cheeks, she dices potatoes hotly."

As I've said before, anyone writing prose like that, deserves to be fired. Sounds like the woman has gone even further around the bend.

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Newspaper Columnist Resigns After Inquiry
The Sacramento Bee says Diana Griego Erwin could not confirm the identities of her sources. The writer says she did nothing wrong.
May 13, 2005
http://www.latimes.com/news/custom/showcase/la-na-bee13may13,0,5582435,print.story

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