Times Writer Caught Making Up Survey Results To Add Sizzle to Story

admin — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 18:38:00 +0000

A stern Editors' Note admits that a Times writer "distorted the survey's findings to fit his theme, contrary to The Times's standards of integrity."

Clay Waters

Paul Burnham Finney, an occasional writer for the Times, wrote up what appeared to be a quite a timely study for the October 14 "Itineraries" section of the Times. In "Upgrading the Stress Levels," Finneyrevealed that a survey from the American Psychological Association had determined that "the crisis on Wall Street was the No. 1 cause of anxiety" among business travelers.

PaulBurnhamFinney

Times Writer Caught Making Up Survey Results To Add Sizzle to Story