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To: Brumar89 who wrote (10248)	2/24/2012 10:54:48 AM
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Gleick canned by San Francisco Chronicle Posted on February 24, 2012 by Steve Milloy \| Leave a comment The Chronicle no longer considers Peter Gleick to be a local “luminary.” Reuters reports: … It also raised ethical questions for journalists. Alana Nguyen, executive producer of the San Francisco Chronicle’s website, said the newspaper had discontinued Gleick’s unpaid blog because it was part of a feature reserved for local “luminaries.” “We decide who is a luminary,” she said. “That kind of admission is something that affects your reputation in the community, and we strive to have people with a good reputation in the community.” Any journalist who obtained information in the way Gleick did would be fired from a traditional newsroom, said Kelly McBride, senior faculty at the Poynter Institute journalism school. She said reporters should not use information junkscience.com Oh yeah, the Pacific Institute's Board has opened an investigation into it's President and Founder, Peter Gleick. Talk about self-destruction.