Sean Penn interviews El Chapo

[Inky_Wretch]

Ummmmm, OK. And the SOB gave the drug kingpin a chance to edit it!

Disclosure: Some names have had
 to be changed, locations not named, and an understanding was brokered with the subject that this piece would be submitted for the subject’s approval before publication. The subject did not ask for any changes.

Read more: El Chapo Speaks

 

[JohnHammond]

This pales in comparison to the lack of ethics in sports journalism.

 

[93Devil]

This pales in comparison to the lack of ethics in sports journalism.

In American journalism.

 

[Inky_Wretch]

This pales in comparison to the lack of ethics in sports journalism.

You are an owl who flies among falcons.

 

[93Devil]

This pales in comparison to the lack of ethics in sports journalism.

And show your work.

 

[Songbird]

The Actors Tribune.

 

[Armchair_QB]

Mr. Hand wants to know whose time this was on.

 

[YankeeFan]

This pales in comparison to the lack of ethics in sports journalism.

CNN's Bagdad bureau sees no problem with this interview.

 

[JohnHammond]

And show your work.

 

[93Devil]

Three guys... That's a broad brush.

 

[Big Circus]

Mr. Hand wants to know whose time this was on.

They were just learning about Cuba and having some food.

 

[YankeeFan]

There's a number of problems with the Rolling Stone interview, from the "journalist" they used, to the agreements they made.

So, while it may be a unique combination, each element of it has been done before by major U.S. news organizations.

Remember when ABC had Leonardo DiCaprio interview the President of the United States:

ABC News Rethinking Interview DiCaprio Had With Clinton

 

[Inky_Wretch]

If true, LOL ...

RT @AP: BREAKING: Mexican official says drug lord Guzman's interview with actor Sean Penn led Mexican forces to his whereabouts.

 

[YankeeFan]

ABC also did not reveal the location of John Miller's 1998 interview with Osama bin Laden:

 

[YankeeFan]

If true, LOL ...

RT @AP: BREAKING: Mexican official says drug lord Guzman's interview with actor Sean Penn led Mexican forces to his whereabouts.

 

[YankeeFan]

Found another problem with the Sean Penn interview:

 

[YankeeFan]

Penn worked some sponsored content into his piece as well:

The flight had been just bumpy enough that each of us had taken a few swigs off a bottle of Honor tequila, a new brand that Kate is marketing.

 

[YankeeFan]

 

[LongTimeListener]

This has to be the worst thing Rolling Stone has done to journalism.

 

[YankeeFan]

I can't believe a major magazine would give final approval of an article to the subject of an interview:

Editor's Note: This is Janay Rice's story, as told to ESPN's Jemele Hill. On Wednesday, Nov. 5, Jemele interviewed Janay for three hours at the home of Janet Rice, Ray Rice's mother, in their hometown of New Rochelle, New York. Ray Rice was not present. Janay's account of what happened in Atlantic City, and in the months that followed, was written from Jemele's extensive interview, as well as a phone follow-up. No questions were off limits. Janay Rice was given approval over its content and release date.

Janay Rice, in her own words