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<blockquote data-quote="Augusta_Jacket" data-source="post: 952601" data-attributes="member: 1191"><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.ajc.com/neighborhoods/cobb/ajc-issues-corrections-in-uga-football-program-story/KH7YTUBWXJDNFHMFXRKYVGDYQA/[/URL]</p><p></p><p><em><strong>"AJC editors and attorneys investigated each complaint raised by university officials in the letter and found two elements of the story that did not meet the news organization’s journalistic standards, Editor-in-Chief Leroy Chapman said in a statement.</strong></em></p><p><em><strong></strong></em></p><p><em><strong><u>The AJC review found no instances of fabrications in the story, as the university’s letter had alleged, Chapman said.</u></strong></em></p><p><em><strong></strong></em></p><p><em><strong>In a statement, the AJC said the article’s author, investigative reporter Alan Judd, was terminated for violating the organization’s journalistic standards."</strong></em></p><p></p><p><strong><em>"In a second error, the article improperly joined two statements a detective made minutes apart into a single quotation, the statement said. Connecting the sentences did not change the meaning of the quote, but the way it was presented to readers failed to meet AJC standards, according to the statement."</em></strong></p><p></p><p>And the parting shot at the end...</p><p></p><p><strong><em>"The UGA article was the latest in a series of reports showing how football players often elude accountability for off-field infractions. The AJC previously <a href="https://www.ajc.com/news/investigations/uga-speeding/" target="_blank">reported that the program’s permissive culture</a> tolerated reckless driving, excessive speeding and street racing by its players. That behavior culminated in tragedy when a high-speed car crash in January killed a football player and a member of the team’s staff, later leading to criminal charges against star defensive lineman Jalen Carter."</em></strong></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Augusta_Jacket, post: 952601, member: 1191"] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.ajc.com/neighborhoods/cobb/ajc-issues-corrections-in-uga-football-program-story/KH7YTUBWXJDNFHMFXRKYVGDYQA/[/URL] [I][B]"AJC editors and attorneys investigated each complaint raised by university officials in the letter and found two elements of the story that did not meet the news organization’s journalistic standards, Editor-in-Chief Leroy Chapman said in a statement. [U]The AJC review found no instances of fabrications in the story, as the university’s letter had alleged, Chapman said.[/U] In a statement, the AJC said the article’s author, investigative reporter Alan Judd, was terminated for violating the organization’s journalistic standards."[/B][/I] [B][I]"In a second error, the article improperly joined two statements a detective made minutes apart into a single quotation, the statement said. Connecting the sentences did not change the meaning of the quote, but the way it was presented to readers failed to meet AJC standards, according to the statement."[/I][/B] And the parting shot at the end... [B][I]"The UGA article was the latest in a series of reports showing how football players often elude accountability for off-field infractions. The AJC previously [URL='https://www.ajc.com/news/investigations/uga-speeding/']reported that the program’s permissive culture[/URL] tolerated reckless driving, excessive speeding and street racing by its players. That behavior culminated in tragedy when a high-speed car crash in January killed a football player and a member of the team’s staff, later leading to criminal charges against star defensive lineman Jalen Carter."[/I][/B] [/QUOTE]
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