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To: i-node who wrote (634701)	11/5/2011 1:01:55 AM
From: joseffy	8 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1579897

Bob Woodward, as editor of the Washington Post Metro section, ran a serious of articles on a child drug addict named Jimmy. He was told repeatedly that there was something fishy about the story. The writer, Janet Cooke, won the Pulitzer prize for the stories. Then it was revealed that there was no "Jimmy." Cooke's Pulitzer was returned. Janet Cooke was fired. But Bob Woodward came out unscathed, despite his being the editor over the stories. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NOTICE HOW TIME MAGAZINE COMPLETELY OMITS ANY MENTION OF BOB WOODWARD HERE: 30 Years Since 'Jimmy's World': The Media and Drugs TIME Magazine By Maia Szalavitz Friday, October 1, 2010 healthland.time.com This week marks the 30th anniversary of one of journalism's most embarrassing events: the publication of "Jimmy's World," a completely fabricated front-page story about a child junkie in Southeast Washington, D.C. The Washington Post ran the article, written by reporter Janet Cooke, on Sept. 28, 1980. It began: "Jimmy is 8 years old and a third-generation heroin addict, a precocious little boy with sandy hair, velvety brown eyes and needle marks freckling the baby-smooth skin of his thin brown arms." "Jimmy's World" won a Pulitzer Prize, which the paper ultimately had to return. Cooke had written fiction: no 8-year-old heroin addicts could be found in Washington's poorest neighborhoods, despite an extensive search. As Richard Prince wrote on Wednesday on the website of the Robert C. Maynard Institute for Journalism Education, marking the anniversary: Thirty years later, Cooke's name is synonymous with the hoax she created. Her story is taught in journalism schools, and some say a portion of the damage she wreaked on the credibility of the news media remains. Read more: healthland.time.com