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grasswire

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Tue Mar 13, 2012, 05:19 PM Mar 2012

quite a fuss on oregonlive regarding the death of Bob Caldwell. [View all]

Originally The Oregonian reported that he had been found dead in his car.

This morning the paper reports that account is not correct: he suffered cardiac arrest at the Tigard apartment of a 23-year-old college student after sex. He has been helping this student with her college costs in exchange for sex for the last year.

The paper claimed that the original story was given to them by a family "friend."

Readers are unhappy about the lack of diligence in reporting. Some suspect that The Oregonian corrected the record today because WW is sure to go after the story tomorrow.

Some readers point out that Caldwell was blackmailable and in a position to skew editorial slant in his position at the state's largest newspaper.

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for us non-Oregonians.. annabanana Mar 2012 #1
retired editor of The Oregonian grasswire Mar 2012 #2
Thats interesting quakerboy Mar 2012 #3
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