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Oops!: News That Was Not Fit to PrintPosted on Apr 8, 2008
In an extraordinary 633-word retraction, The Los Angeles Times has renounced an article it published last month that claimed to have new information about an attack in 1994 on rap artist Tupac Shakur, who later was killed. An internal Times investigation confirmed what the Web site The Smoking Gun reported on March 26: The FBI documents that Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Chuck Philips used to bolster his story were fraudulent. The Times said Philips had believed the documents to be genuine.
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By Fadel Abdallah, April 8, 2008 at 8:37 pm Link to this comment
Though I appreciate the Truthdig blog as an enlightened and progressive forum, to which I’ve been a contributor since its initiation. However, sometimes I worry about the relevance of some of its threads to important issues of the hour.
In my opinion, the two most critical issues of the hour are the war in Iraq and the worsening economic conditions, and both are interconnected. Therefore, I hope to see more threads related to these topics.
Report thisBy Petrichoriny, April 8, 2008 at 1:29 pm Link to this comment
This is such a persnickety point to make and your hostile approach is quite immature. All people make mistakes, especially with spelling/grammar/word usage, etc. You’ve made mistakes, too. So get over it.
Report thisBy BoDo, April 8, 2008 at 8:48 am Link to this comment
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Thanks for mentioning that. Good grief, doesn’t anyone even run a spellcheck? I know our educational system is pathetic and no one reads and we’re the laughingstock of the world, but there have to be SOME decent proofreaders/copyeditors left out there, if the authors can’t be trusted to do their jobs (in their native language)!
Report thisBy DennisD, April 8, 2008 at 7:39 am Link to this comment
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Truthdig - Please tell me how this story is a relevant “story”. A newspaper distorting facts or making them is hardly news.
And here is another Princess Di story confirming that she’s dead on your site. Must be a slow news day.
Truthdig it’s time to fast forward to the here and now.
Thank you.
Report thisBy Aegrus, April 8, 2008 at 5:31 am Link to this comment
Honestly, can we please get over Tupac. Iraq > Tupac both in size and infamy.
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