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To: LindyBill who wrote (43036)	5/9/2004 11:45:02 AM
From: LindyBill	Respond to of 793822

Didn't take long! Those Darn Pseudo-Journalists By Paul on Media - Wizbang I read this with baited breath. Finally someone was speaking out... Esteemed journalist lectures on ethics L.A. Times Editor John Carroll spoke about journalism ethics and pseudo-journalism at the Gerlinger Lounge on Thursday. Los Angeles Times Editor John S. Carroll delivers the annual Ruhl Lecture as part of 'Ethics Week' on Thursday The media industry has been infested by the rise of pseudo-journalists who go against journalism's long tradition to serve the public with accurate information, Los Angeles Times Editor John S. Carroll told a packed room in the Gerlinger Lounge on Thursday. Carroll delivered the annual Ruhl Lecture, titled "The Wolf in Reporter's Clothing: The Rise of Pseudo-Journalism in America." The lecture was sponsored by the School of Journalism and Communication. Oh Goody... Who was he going to rip? The New York Times for their Jayson Blair fiasco? NYT owner Pinch Sulzberger who blamed the fiasco on his readers? Eason Jordan and CNN who admitted to spewing Saddma's propaganda for dollars? The NY Times's Rick Bragg who never went to the places he claimed to be reporting from? The USA Today who let Jack Kelley make stories up for years? Steven Glass whose pseudo-journalism was so legendary they made a movie about it? Dateline NBC for planting explosives on a GMC truck to make it look like any impact would make it blow up? No my friends, none of these bothered L.A. Times Editor John Carroll. None of his ire was directed at any of these pseudo-journalists.