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    Truth in Journalism

    A editor's note appears in today's Houston Chronicle, a newspaper most folks, including me, have long considered leaning far to the left. That said, I must applaud the editor for her stand on possible false reporting. If, true, I have a new respect for the Houston Chronicle. Maybe this new editor is going to turn things around.

    Recently, another Houston Chronicle journalist flagged me with questions about the accuracy of a story written by veteran Austin reporter Mike Ward. Ward joined the Chronicle in 2014 after a long career with the Austin American-Statesman. Specifically, questions were raised about whether individuals quoted in one of his stories were real people.

    Our own researchers, after an initial review, had difficulty finding a number of sources cited in Ward's most recent reports.

    Ward has insisted that his work was truthful, that his work involved real people, and that we would eventually find the individuals behind his "man-on-the-street" interviews. However, given the questions this review raised, he offered to resign and I accepted that resignation last week. If we were in another business, that might be enough.

    As a journalism organization, we owe the public more. We owe our readers the truth and to tell you if, in fact, there were inaccuracies in anything we published. We simply do not know the full story yet.

    To help us ferret this out, we have hired an independent, highly respected journalist to review Ward's work for the last year, or further, if necessary, and determine whether any reporting transgressions occurred. We have given that journalist full access to our archives and promised access to our editors as well. Investigative work takes time, and it can be tedious. Tracking down and verifying sources, especially across a year or more of work, requires significant legwork.

    And above all else, we need to be fair -- to Ward, to our readers, and to other journalists concerned about their own reputations.

    When this investigation is complete, we will publish a full accounting of our findings.
    The Whole Article
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    Now if we could get some of the national media to do this..................
    OPINION....a view or judgment formed about something, not necessarily based on fact or knowledge.

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    Well I certainly hope they follow through. Good job editor.

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    What tex said!
    This is your mind on drugs!

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    I was a subscriber to the Houston Chronicle for many years, when I lived in Houston, but when it was bought out by the San Francisco Chronicle owners I saw decide turn to the left, so I left too.
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    “You can vote your way into socialism, but you have to shoot your way out.” — Too fundamental to have an attribution


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    I only read it to keep up with the local news.
    The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible - Arthur C. Clarke

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