PBF
Member
This is really a shame, but for anyone who wants to know how some of these things unfold, it happened again last week.
Apparently a person in New Mexico has been telling people for years that he was a highly decorated WWII Ace, and also a member of the VMF-214 Black Sheep Squadron. Here is the story:
http://www.daily-times.com/ci_17115908
The piece was not written by a Reporter, but appears to have been submitted by someone in the community who wanted to publicize Terry Fredericks' story. Evidently, after it was printed, and picked up online, very serious issues about the facts were raised.
Here is the correction to the record after the Editors investigated:
http://www.daily-times.com/ci_17164757?source=most_viewed
While it's certainly valid to say that this story should've never made it past the Editors to begin with, at least they immediately launched an in-depth investigation, and printed it.
It's astonishing that this person's claims have gone unchecked for years, but within a week it's all been unraveled.
Apparently a person in New Mexico has been telling people for years that he was a highly decorated WWII Ace, and also a member of the VMF-214 Black Sheep Squadron. Here is the story:
http://www.daily-times.com/ci_17115908
The piece was not written by a Reporter, but appears to have been submitted by someone in the community who wanted to publicize Terry Fredericks' story. Evidently, after it was printed, and picked up online, very serious issues about the facts were raised.
Here is the correction to the record after the Editors investigated:
http://www.daily-times.com/ci_17164757?source=most_viewed
While it's certainly valid to say that this story should've never made it past the Editors to begin with, at least they immediately launched an in-depth investigation, and printed it.
It's astonishing that this person's claims have gone unchecked for years, but within a week it's all been unraveled.