editorial page editor Steve Dornfeld. Every time he writes half-truths about me. Today, hes accusing me of not reforming government -heck, I've only been here a couple of months Dornfeld will no doubt be pleased that his sobereditorial-page columns on government policy are considered so incendiary. As for the governor, he should be relieved that when it comes to tough, dam ning accusations, the Pioneer Press has a higher standard of proof than he Asked for a more detailed response to Brauer's question about whether the tim ing pressures are different with sports stories and political stories Lundy answered this way: With respect to the election example, I take the opposite view. Of course, we try not to run substantive election coverage in the few days before election day, prim arily because it m ay be difficult to give both sides a chance to explain their positions, and you run the risk of sending the vote rs to the polls with a m isimpress ion of the truth. At the same time if you find yourself with a solid story that m ight influence voters--say the mayor has stolen the city treasury dry-then you have an obligation to print it before the election, even if it 's on election day. Imagine how you would feel if you held that story and the mayor was elected When you ran the story the next day the electorate would ride you out of town on a rail In our case, it appeared at the time -and in fact was true -that the Gophers were about to field a team that was unqualified for NCAa tourney play. How would the Gopher fans have felt if we known Gonzaga State had players that shouldn 't be playing and we held the story so as not to upset anyone. Whatever you do with e ither story-the mayor stealing or the university cheating-you im pact the election and the game whether you run the story or hold it. The only question is which way you im pact it. I argue the best side to come down on in such a situation is the truth Let the chips fall where they may In the end, Lundy,s feelings are To me, I turn it around. Clearly it's a newspaper story. Almost no one argued otherwise You have to have a re ason to ho ld it is the re a reason to hold it? I couldn t think of one that didn 't have something to do with rooting for the home team B. Other influences on professional judgment 1. Professional standards The case affords a num ber of opportunities to see how the Pioneer Press applied journalistic standards. Consider what guided garcia-Ruiz and dohrmann and lundy in their decisions about using only named sources, about getting more than one source for inform ation, about emphasizing only what the NCAa could prove What decisions about fairness did they make How much care did they take with the stories? What role did tenacity play?editorial page editor Steve Dornfeld. "Every time, he writes half-truths about me. Today, he's accusing me of not reforming government—heck, I've only been here a couple of months." Dornfeld will no doubt be pleased that his sober editorial-page columns on government policy are considered so incendiary. As for the governor, he should be relieved that when it comes to tough, damning accusations, the Pioneer Press has a higher standard of proof than he. Lundy's Response Asked for a more detailed response to Brauer's question about whether the timing pressures are different with sports stories and political stories, Lundy answered this way: "With respect to the election example, I take the opposite view. Of course, we try not to run substantive election coverage in the few days before election day, primarily because it may be difficult to give both sides a chance to explain their positions, and you run the risk of sending the voters to the polls with a misimpression of the truth. At the same time, if you find yourself with a solid story that might influence voters—say, the mayor has stolen the city treasury dry—then you have an obligation to print it before the election, even if it's on election day. Imagine how you would feel if you held that story and the mayor was elected. When you ran the story the next day, the electorate would ride you out of town on a rail. "In our case, it appeared at the time—and in fact was true—that the Gophers were about to field a team that was unqualified for NCAA tourney play. How would the Gopher fans have felt if we known Gonzaga State had players that shouldn't be playing and we held the story so as not to upset anyone. Whatever you do with either story—the mayor stealing or the university cheating—you impact the election and the game whether you run the story or hold it. The only question is which way you impact it. "I argue the best side to come down on in such a situation is the truth. Let the chips fall where they may." In the end, Lundy's feelings are: "To me, I turn it around. Clearly it's a newspaper story. Almost no one argued otherwise. You have to have a reason to hold it. Is there a reason to hold it? I couldn't think of one that didn't have something to do with rooting for the home team." B. Other influences on professional judgment: 1. Professional Standards The case affords a number of opportunities to see how the Pioneer Press applied journalistic standards. Consider what guided Garcia-Ruiz and Dohrmann and Lundy in their decisions about using only named sources, about getting more than one source for information, about emphasizing only what the NCAA could prove. What decisions about fairness did they make? How much care did they take with the stories? What role did tenacity play?