In what other profession would writing about your sins be forbidden? But if a journalist confesses to breaking journalistic norms about three decades earlier, that is scandal. Weird.
Poynter writes: Jeff Meade’s boastful column in the Monroe, Mich., Evening News about sins he committed as a reporter — making up quotes, getting two sets of quotes from a coach so he could quickly write up a game no matter the outcome — is no longer online. (Here’s a cached copy.)
