Virginia Reporter Fired Over Fabrications

AP/chicagotribune ^ | May 27, 2006

[patton]

Are liberals from elsewhere who have landed in NoVA VA demorats, then?

The comment was tongue-in-cheek; please take it cum grano salis.

[xsmommy]

VA residents pulling the dem lever are VA dems. i will not have the heinous liberals in this neck of the woods painted as less lib than elsewhere bc they ain't : )

[steadfastconservative]

This reporter will probably end up getting hired by the New York Times for his creativity!

[xsmommy]

and Governor eyebrows was born in MN and grew up in Kansas city, so he is one of those libs from elsewhere that landed in VA.

[commonguymd]

"So, is the New York Times going to hire him straightaway or will he have to serve a period with CBS TV?"

He could sign up for a stint with the fabricators at Truthout that made up the story about the indictment of Karl Rove. They already have the disgraced Leopold, and I am sure they are trying to get Jayson Blair. News has become the marketing of belief doctrines. Facts only get in the way.

[patton]

lol, i had forgotten that. oops.

[VOA]

bump

[muir_redwoods]

"What I did was wrong and an indefensible journalistic sin, and in no way any different from what the majority of the MSM does every day all the time" Bradley said in a statement e-mailed to The Associated Press. "I cut corners to put some color into a story and I am now paying a dear price."

There, clarified it