aTypical Joe: a gay New Yorker living in the rural South

Tuesday, December 27, 2005

Name the student!

I’ll have to think this through, but my gut reaction is they should name the perp:

Rogers Cadenhead notes that the New Bedford (Mass.) Standard-Times has yet to apologize for running the story about a student’s bogus claim that he was interrogated by homeland security agents after checking out Mao’s “Little Red Book.” Also, the paper hasn’t named the hoaxster. “At what point does a newspaper find sufficient cause to break a confidentiality agreement?” asks Cadenhead. “The 22-year-old student knowingly lied to the newspaper and harmed its reputation across the entire planet.”

We must know so Jimbo can revoke his Wikipedia account.