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Reuters' Lynch article brings grief to reporter
Washington Times ^
| Friday, July 25, 2003
| By Robert Stacy McCain
Posted on 07/24/2003 10:35:08 PM PDT by JohnHuang2
Edited on 07/12/2004 4:05:37 PM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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A West Virginia newspaper reporter yesterday accused Reuters, the British news service, of putting her byline on a story about the homecoming of Pfc. Jessica Lynch that she didn't write.
The reporter became an object of scorn by talk-radio hosts when the Reuters dispatch appeared, and she wrote a column yesterday for her newspaper explaining that the story was not hers. The controversy is particularly acute in the West Virginia hills, where Pfc. Lynch, from the tiny town of Palestine, is a very special heroine.
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TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; US: West Virginia
KEYWORDS: byline; deannawrenn; deceit; fabrication; jessicalynch; reuters
To: JohnHuang2
I love to see leftie-agenda media finally being confronted...
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posted on
07/24/2003 10:42:19 PM PDT
by
Tamzee
(Peace is the prerogative of the victorious, not the vanquished.... Churchill)
To: Tamsey
Amen, friend.
Comment #4 Removed by Moderator
To: JohnHuang2
good work freepers.....
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posted on
07/24/2003 10:47:46 PM PDT
by
cherry
To: JohnHuang2
"We always reserve the right to temper a story with copy from both sides of an issue to better service our global readership," Reuters said. They reserve the right to temper??????
How about printing the friggin truth you moroons ..
()*$*(# I HATE LIBERALS
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posted on
07/24/2003 10:50:37 PM PDT
by
Mo1
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To: Cameo027
Why would you want to get her fired?
She didn't write the story. Reuters just wrote a biased story and stuck her name on it.
To: Cameo027
Better read the story closer. Deanna Wrenn didn't write the article in it's final form. It wasn't even close to what she wrote.
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posted on
07/24/2003 11:15:23 PM PDT
by
Terp
(Retired US Navy now living in Philippines were the Moutains meet the Sea in the Land of Smiles)
To: All
Wire services, like newspapers, routinely edit dispatches filed by stringers, often extensively. Newspapers similarly edit dispatches filed by wire services, usually to include additional information or context. But care is taken not to change the meaning of the original dispatches. Not in this case apperantly. Need to keep an eye on these weasles!!!
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posted on
07/24/2003 11:17:35 PM PDT
by
Terp
(Retired US Navy now living in Philippines were the Moutains meet the Sea in the Land of Smiles)
To: Cameo027
Do we need to freep the Charleston Daily and Rueters and attempt to get this Wrenn character fired or is it a waste of time? Half-Newbie (OH NO) Cindy
You might want to actually read the article. Blackbird.
To: JohnHuang2
***"We always reserve the right to temper a story with copy from both sides of an issue to better service our global readership," Reuters said. "The advance story focused on the media controversy that has ensued since the rescue first took place. ... We feel strongly that our coverage of Private Lynch's return presents both sides of the issue fairly." ***
We feel strongly too. Reuters is a member in good standing with the anti-American crowd
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