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Sac St. student rag sports writer suspended for quote fabrication

Discussion in 'Journalism topics only' started by Central-KY-Kid, Nov 4, 2007.

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  1. forever_town

    forever_town Well-Known Member

    The writer should have been fired for fabricating the quotes. Shame on that editor for not going far enough.
     
    forever_town, Nov 4, 2007
    #13
  2. jlee

    jlee Well-Known Member

    He/she probably 'fessed up.
     
    jlee, Nov 5, 2007
    #14
  3. JD

    JD Member

    Wow.....


    I was just at Sac State on Saturday, to cover the 54th annual Causeway Classic(Hornets vs. UC Davis Aggies). I write for the Woodland Daily Democrat by the way. Anyhow, I was talking with a couple Hornet college writers, and this never came up....I wish I would have known!
     
    JD, Nov 5, 2007
    #15
  4. Stitch

    Stitch Active Member

    College editor's usually won't fire some kid. Especially if they are volunteers. If you can keep your job as editor-in-chief of a major college paper when you print the f-word in an editorial, suspending someone for fabricating quotes doesn't seem that harsh.
     
    Stitch, Nov 7, 2007
    #16
  5. Mizzougrad96

    Mizzougrad96 Active Member

    Not that either is good, but fabricating quotes is 1,000X worse than using an expletive in a column...
     
    Mizzougrad96, Nov 7, 2007
    #17
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