The Jayson Blair of Halifax

More of the responsible, accurate reporting you don't get from these ideological, amateur bloggers:

The Boston Globe on Friday retracted a story by a Halifax-based freelance writer that purported to describe the opening of the seal hunt.

The story, which was published Wednesday, contained details that "hunters on about 300 boats converged on ice floes, shooting seal cubs by the hundreds, as the ice and water turned red."

However, the seal hunt was actually delayed until Friday morning due to bad weather.

The newspaper said the story should not have been published, and the Globe has discontinued use of correspondent Barbara Stewart.

As Tim Blair notes, Stewart wrote for the New York Times for a decade. Just sayin'.

The Globe's official correction is here. Considering what I see written about the hunt in American and European - and, for that matter, Canadian - newspapers, I have a feeling Stewart isn't alone.

Posted by damian at April 16, 2005 11:17 AM | TrackBack