Posted on 09/25/2005 10:42:45 AM PDT by wagglebee
The mainstream media's newspaper of record admitted late Saturday that one of its reporters fabricated part of a news story on Hurricane Katrina relief.
Saying his paper "flunked" the test of basic journalistic fairness, New York Times public editor Byron Calame said Alessandra Stanley's Sept. 5 report claiming that the Fox News Channel's Geraldo Rivera "nudged" an Air Force relief worker out of the way so he could film himself rescuing a Katrina victim had been made up out of whole cloth.
"Since Ms. Stanley based her comments on what she saw on the screen Sept. 4, the videotape of that segment means everyone involved is looking at exactly the same evidence," Calame noted.
"My viewings of the videotape - at least a dozen times, including one time frame by frame - simply doesn't show me any 'nudge' of any Air Force rescuer by Mr. Rivera," the Times internal watchdog said, adding, "Ms. Stanley declined my invitation to watch the tape with me."
Times editor Bill Keller, however, is still standing by Ms. Stanley's bogus report. He told Calame that she was "writing as a critic, with the license that title brings - [and] was within bounds in her judgment."
"Ms. Stanley's point was that Mr. Rivera was show-boating - that he was being pushy, if not literally pushing - and I think an impartial viewer of the footage will see it that way," Keller insisted.
But Calame countered: "Ms. Stanley certainly would have been entitled to opine that Mr. Rivera's actions were showboating or pushy. But a 'nudge' is a fact, not an opinion. And even critics need to keep facts distinct from opinions."
Stanley's bogus report continues a pattern at the Old Gray Lady of making up the news.
Two weeks ago, columnist Paul Krugman was forced to admit that he falsely claimed media recounts in Florida showed Al Gore winning the 2000 presidential election. In August, a Times profile of Hillary Clinton changed a quote first reported by NewsMax where Clinton said she was "adamantly opposed to illegal immigrants."
In the toned down Times version, Clinton's opposition was to "illegal immigration" rather than the immigrants themselves.
That "urban legend" was pulled earlier, not too long ago.
Get your asbestos BVDs on!
By the way, the moderator last time didn't even give us time to note the phone numbers attached to that particular version of the "urban legend" post.
Allesandra Stanley seems to have a real credibility problem. No wonder the NY Slimes loves here. One blog who has checked her out has this to say: "While we prefer to ridicule Stanley’s critical colleague Virginia Heffernan, we must give due credit to Reference Tone’s exhaustive study, which unearths more than one correction a month since 2001 - and 11 percent inaccuracy rate in that period, Cook says, and a 14 percent inaccuracy rate this year — and lists them all." see: http://www.gawker.com/news/tv/critical-errors-125112.php
If you will notice it says undetermined..I have for a fact heard story after story on this stuff..
it seems people worry about what others put up on here and some could care less what the media lies about..I did not lie and I did not know this had been put up before.I just was trying to share some truth's with everyone..and there is a lot of truth in this email even if snoops does say it is undetermined..
It would take a brick in the skull for some to believe what is the truth..I believe everything about this, for one I do know several people that worked and were verbally abused by some of these people..One told a friend what do you think I am your nigger..when ask if he would hand food to someone...
Good post Joe..I just don't know what they were thinking..The volunteers were giving their all to some people that could care less..And I am not saying all people...that were at the convention center.
Well what does your post have to do with the original thread..There are some people that just want to pick at others post..
Reminds me of this old article.
NY Times Ed: "The Major Press is Under Attack"
Wednesday, 23 February 2005, 3:03 pm
Column: William Rivers Pitt
"The Major Press is Under Attack"
By William Rivers Pitt,
Excerpt:
Bill Keller, executive editor of The New York Times, was the keynote speaker at Columbia University's Blue Pencil Dinner on Friday night. In his talk, he made it abundantly clear that the flagship of American journalism doesn't think much of the rise of the alternative media:
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On the state of print journalism in America today, Bill Keller, executive editor of The New York Times, said, “This is not a time when editors swear off alcohol.”
Keller was the keynote speaker at Friday night’s Blue Pencil Dinner, an annual Spectator fund-raiser held in Low Rotunda. The event served both as a chance for Spectator staffers to learn about journalism from insiders and for alumni to reconnect with the paper.
Keller’s speech focused on the struggle of print journalism to maintain its relevance in the face of constant cable news updates, increased blogging, and failures in credibility.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0502/S00245.htm
I don't know what to say about this one..Just that I was a med tech for many years in a very well known hospital in Houston..I worked with many doctors there..And they are human..And that is all I will say..Except they are great men and women some not so great.
Nothing will ever match the Stalinist propoganda that Walter Duranty wrote for the Old Gray Whore back in the 1930's. The Slimes still refuses to return the Pulitzer Prize that Duranty won for what is now acknowledged by almost everyone as complete lies.
My post has to do with your post. I was wondering why someone would post such bigoted bull$hit on this thread that has nothing to do with your post.
Dying socialist "mainstream" news media BUMP!
Just because the evidence doesn't support it doesn't mean it isn't true.
That's funny, I used that as the motto of Gov. Blanco Dubois just yesterday. But it could apply to any leninist/liberal.
Wow. That needs to be a front page story. Just WOW.
I expect the percentages were a bit exaggerated. I saw plenty of interviews with a lot of well meaning individuals, single mothers, family members looking for their loved ones. But there were also the the punk-a$$ed mofos chunkin' gang sign in the background, the disgruntled ones, the perpetually mistreated. Still and all though, the rescue operation seemed to go fairly smoothly, and was a success mainly because they didn't stay for month after month.
I do resent it when mainly white people come to the rescue and then the jacksons and farrakhans start spouting the racist talk and then the po folks start talkin' racist too. That is insulting beyond measure.
I know what you are saying,I saw the same thing you did..And it makes it bad for those who try to have a good life and work..The punks and others that can only complain and just sit on their butts and do nothing..
isn't it amazing how things worked out when they wee brought here to Texas.
You will never hear any of these stories on the MSM..And that is why I chose this thread to post it on..It has lots of things others have said but will never be published..
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