But Shouldn't The Ones Who De-Classified The Answers Be Given An A+...

For doing what today's journalists win major awards for... Namely..."Leaking" information? Caught cheatin' ... on ethics test

BY JIMMY VIELKIND and LEO STANDORA DAILY NEWS WRITERS

"Columbia University officials are lowering the boom on some graduate journalism students suspected of cheating on, of all things, an ethics exam. The J-schoolers' alleged lapse on the final was reported yesterday by Radar Online. The exam in question consisted of two essay questions to be completed in 90 minutes any time during a 36-hour period. Students who took the test early were instructed to avoid discussing the questions with those planning to take it later, but the warning was ignored. One honorable young scholar got wind of what happened and blew the whistle, sources said. Vice Dean David Klatell told students in an e-mail that there had been a "serious problem" with the final and ordered them to attend a special session of the class "Critical Issues in Journalism" today - or fail." So when a NY Times writer gets his or her hands on classified material and publishes it, it's applauded, but when students do pretty much the same thing, it's cheating. I see.