Today’s Practical Journalism Tip: If You’re Going to Fabricate an Interview, Don’t Do It With a Real Local Official

From the Richmond Times-Dispatch:

A Times-Dispatch article published May 17 about the reaction in Herndon to President Bush’s speech on immigration reported a fabricated interview …

Northern Virginia bureau reporter Paul Bradley did not interview Bill Threlkeld, site director for Project Hope and Harmony, as reported in the article…

Bradley was dismissed yesterday as a Times-Dispatch employee.

That’s the equivalent of the burglar who gets stuck in the chimney.

Tags: ethics, Journalism