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So, I’m the guy who hired the person whose name is associated with creating the biggest print journalism boner in the country since New York Times’ reporter Jayson Blair filed his “out-of-state” stories from his Brooklyn apartment. This week, an avalanche of stunning material has surfaced concerning Michael Brenner, who resigned and left the East Oregonian on July 16. (The former sportswriter spent exactly 164 days employed at the EO, 148 of them while I was still sports editor.) It seems as though Brenner played a part in one of the longest ongoing hoaxes ever played out in journalism while...

Beneath the partisan divide, America is discontented and desperate for change. Voters remain deadlocked in a partisan divide over which candidate to support, but this split is not indicative of the bipartisan discontent felt by most Americans, a new national poll by Mother Jones reveals*. Nearly two thirds of American voters say the country is "on the wrong track" and most -- including a majority of independents and even many moderate Republicans -- believe that they are personally worse off than three years ago on a broad range of issues, from their tax burden and job opportunities to their access...

On Monday, March 31, the Los Angeles Times published a front-page photograph that had been altered in violation of Times policy. The primary subject of the photo was a British soldier directing Iraqi civilians to take cover from Iraqi fire on the outskirts of Basra. After publication, it was noticed that several civilians in the background appear twice. The photographer, Brian Walski, reached by telephone in southern Iraq, acknowledged that he had used his computer to combine elements of two photographs, taken moments apart, in order to improve the composition.

Photographer Fired for Altering Picture .c The Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) - The Los Angeles Times said Wednesday it fired a photographer for altering a front page photo of a British soldier and a group of Iraqi civilians. In an editor's note in Wednesday editions, the Times said photographer Brian Walski acknowledged in a phone call from Iraq that he had used a computer to combine elements of two photos to improve the composition. Journalism ethics forbid changing the content of news photographs, and it is specifically barred in the newspaper's policy. The two photos, taken moments apart, showed...

On Monday, March 31, the Los Angeles Times published a front-page photograph that had been altered in violation of Times policy. The primary subject of the photo was a British soldier directing Iraqi civilians to take cover from Iraqi fire on the outskirts of Basra. After publication, it was noticed that several civilians in the background appear twice. The photographer, Brian Walski, reached by telephone in southern Iraq, acknowledged that he had used his computer to combine elements of two photographs, taken moments apart, in order to improve the composition. Times policy forbids altering the content of news photographs.See...