I find the CNN article on Jason Leopold to be very fair

[gabeana]

[link:https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/18/media/buzzfeed-reporter-jason-leopold/index.html|

It has the bad and the good

here is some of his latest reporting from the article

In 2018, Leopold was a finalist for a 2018 Pulitzer Prize in International Reporting for a story the committee described as a "stunning probe across two continents that proved that operatives with apparent ties to Vladimir Putin have engaged in a targeted killing campaign against his perceived enemies on British and American soil."
In April, Leopold and Cormier reported that a former Russian spy had assisted Trump's business team in working on a potential deal to build a tower in Moscow, citing two sources familiar with the matter, despite Trump saying during the 2016 campaign that he had no business with Russia.
In May, Leopold and Cormier published what they called the "definitive story" on the Trump Tower Moscow project.
And then, in November, Leopold and Cormier broke news that the Trump Organization had planned to give Russian President Vladimir Putin a $50 million penthouse in the proposed tower. Asked about the idea of giving Putin the penthouse in the potential tower, Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani initially said Trump "never heard of this" and that "the concept never got anywhere beyond an unfunded letter of intent and never even a proposal or draft contract." CNN later obtained a document showing Trump had, in fact, signed a letter of intent to move forward with negotiations, despite Giuliani's claim.
Those stories ultimately led to Thursday's bombshell

[Claritie Pixie]

1. Seems as if Leopold made a mistake, learned from it, and has moved on to do good work with Cormier.

People can change, but they have to take action to do it.

[cynatnite]

2. Leopold was accused of plagiarism some years back...

Salon had an article of his removed.

It's been a long time ago and I'll admit to have not thought highly of him. I do think he's more careful now and his reporting has hit some great home runs.

I hope he keeps it up.

[PDittie]

3. Leopold has been problematic in the past

I remember well that 2006 piece he wrote about Rove's imminent indictment, and how it roiled this forum. Similar to what is happening now, in fact. The Enron misreporting, and the subsequent revealing of his personal problems, had completely escaped my memory banks (and since I live in Houston, I exhaustively followed all of that scandal).

I personally keep forgetting how you have to take his reporting with several dashes of salt. I don't think I will forget that again.