Media: It's the Scandals That Got Small

As if the bashed and battered media industry hadn't suffered enough of late, along comes yet another scandal where the veracity of a reporter's work has been challenged and found wanting. It seems an investigation by Adam Penenberg (the Sherlock Holmes of media detective work, apparently) has determined that dozens of people cited in articles by [Michelle] Delio primarily during the past 18 months could not be located. Many of the people who were cited as sources and who could not be located had common names and occupations and were reported to be living in large metropolitan regions. Delio, a freelancer for Wired News, disputes the contention, saying that - wait a second. Wired News? Wired News? You mean those guys who run stories like Blogger Jason Kottke has gone pro ? This is what we're getting all worked up about? Hell, we assumed they made that stuff up as part of the job. Give us a call when someone important forges another memo or something. Hmmmph. Wired News. Really. AB