J Anthony Cafasso and Gerry Pal Blackwood

Considering that Joe Cafasso has himself listed as J. Anthony Cafasso and then in the "B" section at the Committee of Concerned Journalists he's also listed as Gerry Pal Blackwood there. It certainly does set a person to seriously ponder what type of an organization takes members blindly into its midst without checking out who they are.

I just have to say the brazen audacity is blinding. In view of what we know about the man, this is extremely humorous that a group which lays claim to the lofty goals below would either accept both men as members not realizing they're one-in-the same, or-that they would go ahead and accept him when they know full well he's a fraud. Either way, it seems to me as though the integrity of this organization is at the least questionable.

About CCJ

The Committee of Concerned Journalists is a consortium of journalists, publishers, owners and academics worried about the future of the profession.

To secure journalism's future, the group believes that journalists from all media, geography, rank and generation must be clear about what sets our profession apart from other endeavors. To accomplish this, the group is creating a national conversation among journalists about principles.

To secure journalism’s future, they ought to begin by dumping frauds and posers like J. Anthony Cafasso aka Gerry P. Blackwood, or whatever else he’s calling himself these days. His association with actual journalists, in my humble opinion, is a dangerous thing. But it would explain why he's writing op eds and the like; he considers himself to be one of them.

Joe Cafasso