Saturday, March 20, 2004

Speaking of Journalism 101
From Drudge come links to 2 stories, one about a major crappy newspaper failing even worse than we knew:

"USA Today said Friday that an examination of the work of journalist Jack Kelley found strong evidence that the newspaper's former star foreign correspondent had fabricated substantial portions of at least eight major stories.

'As an institution, we failed our readers by not recognizing Jack Kelley's problems. For that I apologize,' publisher Craig Moon said."


The other, from a couple years ago, provides all the signs they should have needed to know there was a problem:

"'Journalism is a calling," (Jack Kelley) explains. 'I feel God's pleasure when I write and report. It isn't because of the glory, but because God has called me to proclaim truth, and to worship and serve him through other people.' His role models, he says, are four of 'the greatest journalists of all time'; Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John."

Thus, my theory that anytime a person claims to "feel God's pleasure" they're up to no good.

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