[NU Sports] Columnists and accuracy

[Jeff Beamsley]

"Fudging" is generous.  He made the stuff up.  When it came to light, there
really wasn't much either he or his paper could say.  I think that the only
reason he survived is because of his national reputation as a result of his
books and movies.

Jeff


-----Original Message-----
From: nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com [mailto:nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com] On
Behalf Of Ben Adler
Sent: Monday, December 05, 2005 1:13 PM
To: nwu-sports at romaine.tssi.com
Subject: [NU Sports] Columnists and accuracy

Mike Nolan <nolan at romaine.tssi.com> wrote:  But this gets back to an old
subject: Are columnists expected to uphold the same levels of journalistic
accuracy and standards as other writers on staff?Absolutely.  At least, they
should be, and at most responsible journalism outlets, they are.
   
  For example, among the commentary guidelines of the NPR station I work at:
  "The commentator must be able to support all statements with facts and/or
sources that meet KAZU editorial standards."
   
  Also, didn't Mitch Albom nearly lose his column (and his job) at one of
the Detroit newspapers a few months back for fudging his facts?
   
  I'd be interested in hearing from the other journalists on the list about
the guidelines for columnists/commentators at their
papers/magazines/stations.
   
  Ben

		
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