Craig Whitney, the NYT’s standards editor, sends an email telling the newsroom staff to avoid single-source profile stories in the wake of the Margaret Seltzer homegirl hoax because, um, well, people lie. “Live and learn,” Whitney concludes.
Live and learn?
You woulda thought the NYT would have learned that lesson a long time ago. It’s reporting 101. But then actually editing nonfiction books should be publishing 101, too.
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