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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1981
Page
5
The Washington Post admitted printing a fabricated story about an eight year old heroin addict who won a Pulitzer. Janet Cooke relinquished her prize and resigned after confessing the piece was a composite. The editor called the hoax a grave misrepresentation and vowed to restore credibility.
A Massachusetts publisher on a Pulitzer jury questions the integrity of the process after Janet Cooke of The Washington Post admitted fabricating parts of her feature, yet the Pulitzer board defended its right to override juries. Teresa Carpenter of Village Voice won the replacement prize for her story on a man who killed his wife while on mental hospital leave.
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