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Originally posted by Steeltrap
It really is. It reminds me of Janet Cooke, who had to give back the Pulitzer in 1982 or 1983. I had just started college then, taking Journalism 190 and 205 at USC.
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I thought of her too. That was a pitiful case. She made up a story about a 10 year old heroin addict that turned out to be totally fabricated. I remember the hub bub of people looking for "him" wanting to help him.
I was also reminded of a journalist who committed suicide some years back. I think she left a note about the pressure of being a black female in a white world or something like that. She was married to Clarence Page at one time and published a collection of her essays before she died. Do you recall her name?
Wonder if this guy will try to spin his story that way?
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