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Friday, December 26, 2008 3:00 AM

Gullible travels

On the subject of checking everything before you print it...This is a good piece looking back at Alan Abel, who perpetrated many pranks that suckered the press (http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/article/549395)Consider how trusting we journalists can
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Wednesday, December 24, 2008 8:41 PM

Jolly old myth

In a recent column in Quill, I wrote that we shouldn't omit the name of someone portraying Santa Claus, if it's part of the story. I received a pointed response from an angry reader who told me I must have had unresolved issues about Santa Claus as a
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Wednesday, December 24, 2008 6:30 AM

Checking it ... not even once

Unfortunately, both newspapers for which I have worked in my career have printed fake letters to the editor, so I can empathize with The New York Times, which just did it (http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/22/opinion/22letters.corr.html?_r=1&bl&ex=1230094800&en=03cc697c3c1376e9&ei=5087%0A).
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Monday, December 22, 2008 12:49 AM

Chipping away at a wall

Remember when columnists were columnists and reporters were reporters, and never the twain shall meet? This column by New York Times public editor Clark Hoyt (http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/30/opinion/30pubed.html) shows that the newspaper isn't so strict
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