He argued that it is more important for columnists to use quotes accurately than to identify where they came from. He said in a statement Monday, "I have always been proud of my journalism, and I am glad that this long investigation has validated my hard work and my reputation." In Monday's story, Albom defended his approach on using quotes from other sources, which he said editors had approved. Albom, host of a nationally syndicated radio show and author of the best-selling books "Tuesdays With Morrie" and "The Five People You Meet in Heaven," previously apologized for the column. The paper also assigned five reporters and an editor to investigate Albom's work. The paper previously has said Albom and four other employees were disciplined but did not say what action was taken. Albom wrote the column before the game took place, as if the events already had happened, based on what the players had told him they planned to do. The investigation was prompted by an April 3 column in which Albom reported that former Michigan State players Mateen Cleaves and Jason Richardson attended the April 2 Michigan State-North Carolina NCAA basketball game. The paper's ethics policy requires reporters to give credit when they use the work of others. She pledged to take steps to address them. Hutton said the problems reflect a lack of familiarity with the paper's rules on attribution.
DETROIT FREE PRESS LETTERS TO THE EDITOR FULL
The review, the results of which were printed on Monday's front page and two full pages inside, found that other Free Press columnists also have failed to give credit for quotes gathered by other news organizations. The reforms were prompted after a review of more than 600 columns by Albom turned up no pattern of inaccuracies but did find the best-selling author sometimes used quotes from other news outlets without credit, the paper reported Monday. Carole Leigh Hutton, publisher and editor, also pledged to readers Tuesday that the newspaper would clarify its policy on attribution and start sending letters to people written about or quoted in the paper for their assessment of the accuracy of what was published.
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