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# Hard News Journalism
- URL: https://onemanandhisblog.com/2008/11/hard_news_journalism/
- Published: 2008-11-05T14:29:02.000Z
- Updated: 2021-04-21T21:52:56.000Z
- Author: Adam Tinworth
- Tags: birmingham mail, Journalism, Local News, news, newspapers

I know the guy had been drinking, but this is really quite shocking:

And we wonder why journalism is in trouble?

(via [MarkMedia](http://markmedia.blogs.com/markmedia/2008/11/how-journalism-works.html?ref=onemanandhisblog.com))

**Update:** the drunk journalist in question is [Adam Smith of the Birmingham Mail](https://web.archive.org/web/20100618111939/http://www.birminghammail.net/authors/adam-smith/). As Ian [reported](http://www.onemanandhisblog.com/archives/2008/11/hard%5Fnews%5Fjournalism.html?ref=onemanandhisblog.com#comment-234850) in the comments, his story on Obama’s victory appears [to have been pulled down](http://www.birminghammail.net/news/birmingham-news/2008/11/05/reporter-adam-smith-on-barack-obama-s-victory-97319-22188006/?ref=onemanandhisblog.com).