NEWS 409 Lecture Notes - Lecture 39: Long Trail, John Allen Muhammad, The New York Times
3 Mar 2019
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Correcting the record; times reporter who resigned leaves long trail of deception. A staff reporter for the new york times committed frequent acts of journalistic fraud while covering significant news events in recent months, an investigation by times journalists has found. The widespread fabrication and plagiarism represent a profound betrayal of trust and a low point in the 152-year history of the newspaper. He misled readers and times colleagues with dispatches that purported to be from maryland, Texas and other states, when often he was far away, in new york. He lifted material from other newspapers and wire services. He selected details from photographs to create the impression he had been somewhere or seen someone, when he had not. the times journalists have so far uncovered new problems in at least 36 of the 73 articles mr. Blair wrote since he started getting national reporting assignments late last october.
