| site links |
|
:: home :: archive :: donate :: rss feed :: about site :: bend forums :: bend blogs :: sh.orty :: welcome to bend |
| advertisements |
|
|
| about |
|
UtterlyBoring.com is produced by Jake Ortman (e-mail, resume), a 30-year-old dad, percussionist, freelance Web designer, consultant and jack-of-all-trades computer geek, living in Bend, Oregon. He created this so that his expensive journalism and technology degree isn't getting totally wasted. In addition to editing this site in his free time, he is the IT Director and Ad Designer at both Sunray and Discover Sunriver. He has LinkedIn, MySpace, Facebook profiles if you're trying to stalk him.
Opinions and comments on this site are the opinions of the author, not the author's employer, family, friends or pets. This site is powered by Movable Type and is hosted by orty.com. Internet connection provided by Bend BroadBand. Since December 1st, 2002, there have been 5255 entries. Visitors to this blog have posted 16470 comments. If you're reading this, you have too much time on your hands. |
| support us |
|
|
Be Careful Before You Believe A Cute Little GirlBack in my college newspaper days, I can't honestly say that this wouldn't have happened to us. I'd like to think we would've done our homework and the research needed to verify her story, but it's hard not to believe an innocent looking little girl when she says her father died in Iraq. But, in reality, the little girl was part of a bizzare, elaborate hoax pulled on the campus newspaper by an alumni of the school. The little girl wasn't who she said she was, nor did her "dad" exist. She just thought she was acting as part of a movie. The newspaper obviously apologized and campus reaction was mixed. The former editor of the paper called himself a bad journalist, but said that he's innocent of the charges that say he was involved in the scheme. More coverage in the Chicago Tribune, as well as in the St. Louis Post Dispatch. Moral of the story for journalists? Always check your sources. Even if it's your mom, always do a background check. Don't believe anything unless you can prove it yourself. Posted by Jake on 08/29/05 @ 12:41 PM
Posted in Interesting, Journalism | No Comments Yet | Permalink Submit to digg, del.icio.us, reddit, or stumbleupon No Comments YetPost a comment |
What are you doing down here? Don't you have something better to do? Like Go Back To The Top of the page, or even see who created this site? This site is © 2001 - 2008 by the Utterly Boring folks at UtterlyBoring.com. Steal my content, as I probably did, too, just link to my site or the original site. Batteries not included. One size fits all. Not for off-road use. Not for internal use. Do not taunt Happy Fun Ball. Technorati Profile.
