Libel Part 2: The Tupac/Diddy story

Back in 2008, the LA Times was duped by a con artist who linked P. Diddy to the Tupac Shakur shooting.

Here's the story about it that The Smoking Gun broke.

Here's the LA Times' mea culpa. (Note, it's two pages.)

Here's Jack Shafer's analysis at Slate. Note the list of ways to have avoided the problem. Be prepared to discuss them.