Ex-Metropolitan Reporter Fired After Committing Betrayal and Deception

Ex-Metropolitan reporter fired after committing betrayal and deception

Note from the editor:

I, chief editor of The Metropolitan, want to apologize to our readers and to any individual that had a direct contact with Joe Doe, for the misleading information and for his deceit. I want to a sure everyone that I am working diligently with the investigators and have offer free access to any records we have. I am deeply a shamed that Mr. Doe deceits went undetected for so long. I am urging anyone with information about this case to contact me directly or the newspaper web site WWW.TheMetropolitan.com,we look forward to make this situation right and to correct any wrongdoing by the part of this ex-staff member.

A staff reporter for The Metropolitan as committed journalistic fraud by fabricating portions of the news stories. The fabrication and plagiarism represents a betrayal of trust and a low point in the history of this newspaper.

Police investigators, and investigator reporters, have read more than 1200 stories written and published in the past 6 years by Joe Doe; they have found inconsistencies in the location of the story and receipts presented from the reporter.

The investigation is focusing on the most important and recent stories reported by Joe Doe. Investigators are talking with the subjects, and talking with people that know the reporter, they hope to find substantial prove that his accounts of the facts are deceiving and entrusted.

To verify the stories written by Mr. Doe, investigators are interviewing people related to the stories and eyewitness to reports. Investigators are also looking in to bank records, for the misuse of the newspaper credit card, as well to the time, date, and location of this usage.

The Metropolitan, interviewed Joe Doe, as soon as complains from the subjects of the reports were received. After long hours of interrogation newspaper chief executive decided to fire Mr. Doe and have his accounts and benefits frozen pending the results of the investigation. The newspaper is also conducting is on investigation with the purpose of correcting the record and explaining how such fraud and deceit could have happen for so many years.

Newspapers, like many other organizations, trust its employees to maintain the main principles that sustain these organizations. It is very unsaddling to the readers and in special to fellow staff members, supervisors to see there reputation tarnished for someone like Mr. Doe that did not uphold is principles.

The ramifications of Mr. Doe deceit is still unknown but one thing I like to assure to all the readers and staff members of The Metropolitan that this newspaper has been a source of reliable, honest and personal reporting for the past 100 years. We will keep striving to maintain trustworthy, and dignify relationship with everyone.

Mr. Doe if convicted of this accusations will be going to jail, is journalist credentials will be taking away

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