Via Return of the Reluctant, I learn that “A book reviewer who slated a book that had never been written has been fired.” From the article:
The paper had published an article by Lundberg late last week in which he said that Britt Marie Mattsson’s book ‘Fruktans Makt’ (The Power of Fear), had a “predictable” plot and one-dimensional characters. But despite having appeared in publisher Piratförlaget’s autumn catalogue, Mattsson had never got round to writing the novel.
I like this last bit most of all, however:
While ruling that Lundberg will no longer write reviews for the paper, Bergdahl said he might still commission creative pieces from the writer.
It’s not journalistic misconduct — it’s an overabundance of creativity!
Maybe he can team up with that guy that used to write for the New York Times…