Another Journalist Is Found Out

The New York Times reports on yet another reporting scandal, this time at the Cape Cod Times. The editors have apologized to their readers concerning “longtime reporter Karen Jeffrey’s” made-up human interest stories, some dating back to the late 1990s. Ms. Jeffrey is the latest in a line of reporters who have concocted facts or entire stories, sometimes for years, but have ultimately been caught, either by their editors or by journalists at other papers.