Pulitzer winner that stunned journalism
If you have never heard of Janet Cooke, “Jimmy’s World” and the fake story that humiliated The Washington Post, you owe it to yourself to spend a few minutes Googling one of journalism’s all-time embarrassments.
http://blog.washingtonpost.com/story-lab/2010/10/story_pick_janet_cooke_and_jim.html
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