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Selena Roberts & Journalistic Credibility

By K.C. Johnson

Today, Selena Roberts? exposé of Alex Rodriguez hits the bookstores. We already know that Rodriguez is a bald-faced liar with what could charitably be described as a host of other character flaws. But what about Roberts? In a recent interview with the MLB Network?s Bob Costas, Roberts affirmed that her obligation as a journalist was to ?find the truth.? And, according to Harry Stein, she told ESPN Radio that she and her co-author ?buttoned up every single hole to make sure to be absolutely right . . . It?s like being in court?once you say something, you can?t just strike it.? It?s not clear when Roberts adopted this definition of journalism: her writing on the Duke case demonstrated an aversion to, rather than a quest for, the truth. Nor has she in any way acknowledged the myriad errors in her Duke coverage...continue to full post

Full post as published by Durham-in-Wonderland on May 04, 2009 (boomark / email).