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Janet Cooke's false "Jimmy's World" story was published 30 years ago this week - Gutenberg - 09-30-2010
"Jimmy's World," the entirely fabricated story of an eight-year-old heroin addict and pusher, still does its damage to the profession.
http://mije.org/richardprince/cookes-hoax-still-resonates-after-30-years#Cooke
Re: Janet Cooke's false "Jimmy's World" story was published 30 years ago this week - cbelt3 - 09-30-2010
And yet nowadays entire networks base the majority of their business model on made up 'news'. The golden era of 'good' journalism seems to be dead and gone.