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Sports commentator Charissa Thompson admitted she fabricated some of the NFL halftime reports she gave during her time on the sidelines

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Charissa Thompson admitted last week that she fabricated some of the NFL halftime reports she gave during her time on the sidelines.

Americans and journalists alike were predictably angry when she made the admission.

Thompson said she only fabricated information while she was a Fox sideline reporter from 2008 to 2009 , not during her current roles as host of Fox NFL Kickoff and Thursday Night Football.

The backlash against Thompson is a good sign that Americans won't stand for at least some perversion of the truth and objectivity that is supposed to drive journalists.

Dan Rathers , Brian Williams , Jayson Blair , and even the Thompsons of the journalism world were once viewed as anomalies in newsrooms.

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