Mea Culpa: An Overdue Apology From A Reporter

December 04, 2012

Mea Culpa: An Overdue Apology From A Reporter

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Back in the 1960s, Bruce Porter was a novice reporter for Newsweek. He promised a young runaway he would not disclose her name in his article, and then printed it anyway. Since then, he's been so bothered by his mistake that he tracked her down to apologize.

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