It Doesn’t Pass The Smell Test

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BY RICHARD L. FRICKER The 43-minute death struggle of Clayton Lockett is now Oklahoma history, a story still unfolding. Lockett, Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin and Attorney General Scott Pruitt bring to mind Stephen Glass, the New Republic magazine writer, who was discredited in 1998 when it was discovered he fabricated his sources. Glass fell from grace when Forbes magazine began checking his sources only to find they didn’t exist. He later admitted fabricating everything, in […]

Arnold Hamilton
Arnold Hamilton
Arnold Hamilton became editor of The Observer in September 2006. Previously, he served nearly two decades as the Dallas Morning News’ Oklahoma Bureau chief. He also covered government and politics for the San Jose Mercury News, the Dallas Times Herald, the Tulsa Tribune and the Oklahoma Journal.