The Washington Post

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Criticism by Ombudsmen

After the 1981 publication of 'Jimmy's World' (a story for which Post reporter Janet Cooke had been nominated by Bob Woodward for the Pulitzer Prize, which she subsequently won and later returned after it was established the story was a fabrication), Post Ombudsman Bill Green concluded an investigation with several comments and recommendations, including "The scramble for journalistic prizes is poisonous. The obligation is to inform readers, not to collect frameable certificates, however prestigious. Maybe The Post should consider not entering contests."http://academics.smcvt.edu/dmindich/Jimmy%27s%20World.htm

Related Topics:
Janet Cooke - Bob Woodward - Pulitzer Prize - Ombudsman

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In 1998 the Post printed a series of denials regarding public leaks of depositions given by President Clinton in the Jones v. Clinton case contrary to an Order of the Court. Dr. Deni Elliot of the Practical Ethics Center, after reviewing the matter, concluded that the Post knew the source of the illegal leaks yet "knowingly deceived its readers" by alleging the leaks could have come from the Court or the opposing counsel's office. "The Post," Dr. Elliot wrote in the Organization of News Ombudsmen?s publication, "intentionally lied to its readers in printing this set of denials...None of this sounds like the making of ethical principles". http://www.newsombudsmen.org/elliott.html

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