Associated Press Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Christopher Newton=== In September 2002, [[Washington, D.C.]] bureau reporter Christopher Newton, an AP reporter since 1994, was fired after he was accused of fabricating sources since 2000, including at least 40 people and organizations. Prior to his firing, Newton had been focused on writing about federal law-enforcement while based at the [[United States Department of Justice|Justice Department]]. Some of the nonexistent agencies quoted in his stories included "Education Alliance", the "Institute for Crime and Punishment in Chicago", "Voice for the Disabled", and "People for Civil Rights".<ref>{{cite news| url = http://www.slate.com/?id=2073304 |title=Fib Newton | date=October 29, 2002 | work=[[Slate.com]] |access-date=April 16, 2008 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080508022026/http://www.slate.com/?id=2073304| archive-date=May 8, 2008 | url-status=live}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page