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| USA Today Reporter Resigns Over Probe |
| 2004-01-08 |
| EFL Jack Kelley, a USA Today correspondent who has repeatedly risked his life in war zones around the world, resigned Tuesday after the paper’s top editors questioned whether some of his stories were fabricated. Kelley, 43, has been under scrutiny since June, when an anonymous letter accused him of falsifying stories. Another USA Today reporter, Mark Memmott, was assigned to try to verify Kelley’s earlier work, according to sources familiar with the paper’s internal investigation. Seven stories were initially selected for investigation, but only four were actually examined, say sources familiar with the inquiry. This led to a long period in limbo — Kelley has not had a byline since October — as Kelley hired a lawyer and spent December working at home, trying to defend stories filed from Israel, the West Bank, Cuba and the Balkans. |
| Posted by:Dragon Fly |