Did Medill's dean make up quotes?

I have written about this previously, and thought I would list the media coverage of "Quotegate."

Here's a round up of the news of the dean's use of anonymous sources and failure to prove that he did not make up these quotes:


Congratulations to Medill senior David Spett on some fine investigatory journalism:
http://media.www.dailynorthwestern.com/media/storage/paper853/news/2008/02/11/Forum/The-Deans.Unnamed.Sources-3200707.shtml

The Faculty writes a petition:
http://media.www.dailynorthwestern.com/media/storage/paper853/news/2008/02/19/Campus/Update.Medill.Faculty.Issue.Statement-3219644.shtml

The Faculty alerts the dean of the letter
http://poynter.org/forum/view_post.asp?id=13145

NU probe clears the dean, but leaves bad taste in the mouth of students, faculty and alumni
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-medill_lavine_bd02mar02,1,652217.story

Mike Miner writes that the dean is anything but exonerated
http://blogs.chicagoreader.com/news-bites/2008/03/01/john-lavine-report/

A blog set up Medill seniors:
http://www.journalistsspeak.blogspot.com/

The dean apologizes:
http://media.www.dailynorthwestern.com/media/storage/paper853/news/2008/02/21/Campus/Dean-Apologizes.For.Exercising.poor.Judgment.In.Letter-3225371-page2.shtml

Washington Post:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/22/AR2008022202794.html

E&P:
http://www.mediainfo.com/eandp/columns/shoptalk_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003711614

On NPR:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=19055478

The Chicago Tribune: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-northwestern-dean_14feb14,0,7274825.story
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chi-0215edit3feb15,0,5373894.story
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-medill_webfeb20,1,4134661.story?page=1
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/chi-0308edit1mar08,0,1400675.story

Eric Zorn of the Chicago Tribune: http://blogs.chicagotribune.com/news_columnists_ezorn/2008/02/quote.html
http://blogs.chicagotribune.com/news_columnists_ezorn/2008/02/quote2.html
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-zorn_21feb21,1,6097096.column
http://blogs.chicagotribune.com/news_columnists_ezorn/2008/03/haydens-extraor.html
http://blogs.chicagotribune.com/news_columnists_ezorn/2008/03/medillname.html

Zorn puts the whole issue to bed and condemns the university:
http://blogs.chicagotribune.com/news_columnists_ezorn/2008/03/letter.html

Michael Minor of the Chicago Reader: http://blogs.chicagoreader.com/news-bites/2008/02/12/did-medills-dean-lavine-make-quote/
http://65.201.198.8/news-bites/2007/11/16/lavines-absent-accusers/
http://blogs.chicagoreader.com/news-bites/2008/03/13/northwesterns-president-and-provost-medill-faculty/

The Chicago Sun-Times: http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/794129,CST-NWS-DEAN14.article
http://www.suntimes.com/news/commentary/795794,CST-EDT-edit15b.article
http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/802404,nu022008.article

The Chronicle of Higher Education:
http://chronicle.com/news/article/3954/students-accuse-medill-school-of-journalisms-dean-of-lame-reporting

AP:
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gUJc3ZXikXj0X5pdBY0ixMgXkODAD8UUF8TO0

US News and World Reports:
http://www.usnews.com/blogs/paper-trail/2008/2/14/northwestern-columnist-questions-deans-anonymous-sources.html?msg=1

Newsweek:
"No one can prove the dean fabricated the quotes, and Lavine can't prove that he didn't. So what now?"

A back story about David Spett's problems with a Medill faculty member:
http://underscorebleach.net/jotsheet/2005/04/academic-free-speech-hypocrisy

North by Northwestern:
http://www.northbynorthwestern.com/2008/03/7824/lavine-quotes/

The Daily Northwestern:
http://media.www.dailynorthwestern.com/media/storage/paper853/news/2008/03/07/Forum/Forum.Answering.Questions.About.My.Reporting-3266549.shtml>

The blog Gawker:
http://gawker.com/356625/j+school-dean-beginning-to-hate-journalists