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at the O for some time: I understand the copy desk was under orders to fact check everything he wrote. If, for example, he said in a story that "the sky was blue on Sept. 14" the copy desk had to check the weather report for that day. It's also rumored that a few months ago they had to pull a Hallman story off Page One at the last minute and remake the page because of a major accuracy problem. It would seem, thanks to the O's star system, that he's never been held to the same standards as other reporters. In other words, the paper has been propping up its icon.

One question regarding the remark that the O is sending Hallman "back to beat reporting?" Has he ever DONE beat reporting?

Regarding Hallman and Weiderhorn, let's never forget that Mark Zusman of Willamette Week scored a bullseye in AJR when he referred to Hallman's endless, embarassing and laudatory profile of Weiderhorn as a blowjob. Perfect.