Errors and Omissions: On second thought, not the best subject for a puff piece

Friday, August 11, 2006

On second thought, not the best subject for a puff piece

From the Boston Globe:

Editor's Note: On June 5, the Globe published a photograph on Page B2 of a life-drawing session at a Harvard Square studio. The photograph included images of a woman model, an artist, and studio owner Duncan W. Purdy. The Globe learned this week that Purdy was indicted in March on charges of rape, assault, and battery on a woman at his business two years earlier. Purdy also was charged in December 2005 with maintaining a house of prostitution and deriving support from prostitution at his Cambridge business. Purdy maintains his innocence on all charges, and the cases are pending. Had the Globe known of the charges, it would not have taken or published the photograph.

How about this for an editorial practice? Google everybody you write about. No exceptions.

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