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Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
Why? Burkett asked Mapes for Lockhart's phone number, and she gave it to him? That's not much more than an act of courtesy. He's giving her a scoop, and she's supposed to decline to give him a phone number?
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Yes. Courtesy doesn't trump integrity. Why court that appearance of impropriety? I have a hard time believing that you'd be so accommodating if the shoe were on the other candidate's foot.
FWIW, my point at the start of this was that I think this does go on but nobody talks about it and maybe they should. Case in point: I agree with you more often than not on the board here and yet clearly we disagree about the propriety of these actions.
In other words, I was not looking to compare and contrast the misdeeds of two people whom I never wanted to hear about in the first place. Speaking of which...
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If Mapes did this multiple times, I would quite agree. I don't know anything about her. Vlasto appeared to be pushing the envelope quite intentionally.
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You wrote that you had a problem with the "kind" of stories Vlasto produced. Now you say that it's the number. Either way, I believe one is enough. I would hope that journalistic integrity is not a "fool me once, shame on me" proposition.
