Posted on 08/04/2009 6:47:53 AM PDT by AIM Freeper
The New York Times public editor conducted a self examination after seven errors appeared in a single article recently.
From the New York Times
THE TIMES published an especially embarrassing correction on July 22, fixing seven errors in a single article — an appraisal of Walter Cronkite, the CBS anchorman famed for his meticulous reporting. The newspaper had wrong dates for historic events; gave incorrect information about Cronkite’s work, his colleagues and his program’s ratings; misstated the name of a news agency, and misspelled the name of a satellite.
“Wow,” said Arthur Cooper, a reader from Manhattan. “How did this happen?”
The short answer is that a television critic with a history of errors wrote hastily and failed to double-check her work, and editors who should have been vigilant were not.
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Sounds like day-to-day NYT quality.
All the news that's fixed after print....
“Public editor”?
What happened to the editor or editing process prior to the article being released for publication/printing?
Failure on more levels than one, courtesy of the dubious NYT.
It’s the Times. I never expect veracity.
When you are at a toxic waste dump expect to see a lot of garbage.
Doubt it. She's probably a journalism school dropout. It's evident she's a product and poster child of the U.S. education system. Journalists don't have to be right, they have to be liberal.
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