Reporter who "covered" (fabricated story) Robert Mueller on the Whitey Bulger Trial Suspended

[populistdriven]

For background on Cullen's Trial coverage see this thread https://www.democraticunderground.com/100210518853

Boston Globe Columnist Suspended After Review Finds Fabrications
June 16, 2018
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/16/us/kevin-cullen-boston-globe-suspended.html

In the second review, Scott Allen, The Globe’s assistant managing editor for projects and investigations; Brendan McCarthy, its deputy projects editor; and Joseph Kahn, a former staff writer, reviewed 100 randomly selected columns by Mr. Cullen for “authenticity and accuracy.”

The first review uncovered “significant problems” with radio appearances and public comments by Mr. Cullen the morning after the bombings and in the months that followed, the statement said.

In one interview the morning after the bombings, Mr. Cullen told the story of a firefighter he had spoken with by phone who rescued a 7-year-old girl hurt by the bomb before going back to search for her lower leg, which had been blown off.

The firefighter, a lieutenant in the Boston Fire Department, denied that account and said he did not speak with Mr. Cullen by telephone on the day of the bombing. He called the story of him searching for the child’s leg “crazy,” according to the report.

[grantcart]

1. You have done fantastic work covering this.

I had missed your earlier thread.

[EndGOPPropaganda]

2. Nice

Kevin Culllen has written some good stuff in the past and Im sorry he has made these mistakes.


The Globe should next suspend Jeff Jacoby, who tells right wing lies almost every single column.