Jack Kelley of USA Today: fibber

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Originally posted by SteveDallas
OK, we got ANOTHER reporter who falsified stories.

At this point, it's starting to look reasonable to ask, is anybody NOT making stuff up?

Every industry has liars. How did we end up in the Spanish American war? Hearst publications outrightly lied - even claiming the explosion of the USS Maine was terrrorists. But at least the news industry exposes its liars. How often do we read about lying lawyers getting the boot.

Starr who chased Clintons penis - what was his previous job? He first removed all evidence in GM that Malibus were exploding and burning occupants alive - and GM knew it would happen. Then when discovery papers were filed, he went back to those same files and claimed (accurately) that no evidence existed. We know this story only because a GM engineer was told he would loose his pension if he told the truth. When he retired, he told the story anyway. Nader confirmed it and put the story in his book.

So where is Ken Starr and all those lying lawyers? Still in practice. A few lying reporters does not make a corrupt newspaper industry. But no lawyers being debarred should be a major scandel. No big four accounting firms being sued for conspiracy to cook the books should cause you outrage. Billy Tauzin of LA who refused to provide investigation money for corporate fraud investigations should make you outright angry. But instead we denegrate the entire news industry only because it found a liar?

Please show some perspective and maybe one foot in the world of reality. Start with names like Ken Starr and other liars like George Jr. These people lied for far worse reasons.