Again we ask: Why all the fuss about anonymous sources? The practice of news judgment has atrophied to the point where the "flip-flop" scandal involving the Northwestern University lacrosse team's visit to the White House was set in motion by a columnist for the Chicago Tribune's luridly crappy Gen-X giveaway rag, Red Eye. It seems that Chicago Tribune editor Ann Marie Lipinski was rebuffed when she pitched the dubiously appropriate footwear item to her managing editors. But in a meeting with Red Eye columnist Maegan Carberry, she gamely resurrected the item. Here's Carberry's gripping account:
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Shoe-Leather Reporting
Again we ask: Why all the fuss about anonymous sources? The practice of news judgment has atrophied to the point where the "flip-flop" scandal involving the Northwestern University lacrosse team's visit to the White House was set in motion by a columnist for the Chicago Tribune's luridly crappy Gen-X giveaway rag, Red Eye. It seems that Chicago Tribune editor Ann Marie Lipinski was rebuffed when she pitched the dubiously appropriate footwear item to her managing editors. But in a meeting with Red Eye columnist Maegan Carberry, she gamely resurrected the item. Here's Carberry's gripping account: