Interesting Speaker

It seems that Jason Blair has been invited as a keynote speaker in the beltway to speak about ethics in journalism. I will admit at first blush that he is a strange choice. He was after all swept up in a huge scandal of plagiarism and fabrication, but on further thought...I think that is might not be that bad of an idea. Here is a guy that has cheated, been caught, and suffered immense professional losses for it. It is almost an interesting demonstration of the system working correctly and policing its own.

I will admit that Jason Blair must be a pretty bold guy to take that stage, considering his past. But there is a possibility that he can shed some light on just how easy it is to get caught up in this kind of behaviour, and ways to look for it in the future. I will be interested just to see what he has to say for himself.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703574604574501583043791054.html