The New Republic, the liberal magazine that was made infamous because it printed dozens of articles made from whole cloth by Stephen Glass, may have been suckered again by a pseudonymous "reporter" by the name of "Scott Thomas." In an article entitled "Shock Troops" in the latest issue of the magazine, "Thomas" -- purportedly a […]
It's been a dozen or so hours since I wrote this post on Jennifer Hunter of the Chicago Sun-Times and I'm still in a state of shock. I must confess that I honestly expected a correction. I thought there might be some explanation and acknowledgement that journalists should use publicly available resources like OpenSecrets.org to […]