Sunday, 27 August 2006
E&P's Mitchell Intentionally Misled Readers
Contributed by Bill Faith

Based upon the facts and previous statements and articles, it appears as though Editor and Publisher Editor Greg Mitchell may have intentionally misled readers when he allegedly came clean regarding a lapse in journalistic ethics early in his career.

The facts seem to indicate he was a 21 year-old paid professional journalist, not the 19 year-old intern he allowed readers to believe. Mitchell has also previously acknowledged relevant facts he managed to get wrong in his mea culpa as highly memorable events.

[Read on. Hat tip: Ace of Spades]

Confederate Yankee has an excellent related post here.

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Media Lies: They say that karma is a bitch....

*** 2006.08.28 Updates:

E&P buries correction on Mitchell’s rewritten column from 2003

Editor & Publisher's Evolving Implosion

Contributed by Bill Faith on August 27, 2006 at 07:16 PM | Permalink

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