MATTHEW HOY has some thoughts about the Jack Kelley scandal (which I had missed), and about pressure groups and fabrication in journalism.

UPDATE: David Adesnik says it’s not as big as a New York Times scandal:

I don’t really expect the Kelley affair to get that kind of attention either. But ask yourself the following questions: How often do you read USA Today? Does anyone consider USA Today to be the United States’ paper of record and its standard-bearer of journalistic integrity?

(You don’t have to answer those questions. They were rhetorical. Oh, and one bonus question for all you bloggers out there: How many times have you linked to a USA Today story in the past six months?)

A few. But not many.