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Long ago I worked with a reporter who routinely suggested potential news stories without any idea of whether they were factual. His setup “Wouldn’t it be a great story if …” became a newsroom punchline. I have no reason to believe that he actually fabricated any articles, but his approach to journalism made me nervous. I have never known another reporter who did that.
I was reminded of that dude as I edited Senior Editor Mark Friedman’s two-part story about the 2015 death of 20-year-old Luke Baker in a Jefferson County hunting lodge and the misery and litigation that trailed in its wake. (See Lawyers Called Greedy in Fatal Gunplay Case and Private Autopsy, Public Blowback in Fatal Gunplay Case.)