Reuters withdrew two doping-related news stories after learning that one of the news organization’s employees helped arrange for an official to get a media credential to see The Masters golf tournament this past spring. (ABC News / AP)
James Fitzgerald, the World Anti-Doping Agency’s media chief, was helped by a Reuters journalist to obtain the permit, which allowed free entry to the tournament in April and access to areas not available to the paying public. After being alerted by The Times to Fitzgerald’s arrangement at the Masters, Reuters withdrew two stories reporting attacks by WADA on the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency “to avoid the appearance of bias.”
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