It's not factual that ABC hasn't responded. He indicates that he is in contact with at least one reporter at ABC. If anyone from ABC is to be considered ABC, he has been in contact with the network.
My question was about contacting the editor who was responsible for using (sic).
It seems unlikely that anyone would be available to respond to an editing inquiry during the New Year's holiday.
In fact, to simply state that ABC hadn't responded, without the context as to how the contact was made, seems to be the kind of thing we accuse the NYT, CBS and the rest of the gang of doing in their reporting.
After finding the full meaning of (sic) I think the charge against ABC to be something I would expect from moveon.org but not from FR.
The Urban Dictionary gives a fuller explanation of the meaning of 'sic':
Square brackets are most commonly used around the word 'sic' (from the Latin 'sicut', meaning 'just as'), to explain the status of an apparent mistake. Generally, sic means the foregoing mistake (or apparent mistake) was made by the writer/speaker I am quoting; I am but the faithful messenger; in fact I never get anything wrong myself. Book reviewers in particular adore to use sic. It makes them feel terrific, because what it means is that they've spotted this apparent mistake, thank you, so there is no point in writing in. However, there are distinctions within sic: it can signify two different things:
1) This isn't a mistake, actually, it just looks like one to the casual eye.
2) Tee hee, what a dreadful error! But it would be dishonest of me to correct it.
What?
The reporter he has spoken to ,had nothing to do with the story. He only put that comment in there to relate how things are written.
My question was about contacting the editor who was responsible for using (sic).It seems unlikely that anyone would be available to respond to an editing inquiry during the New Year's holiday. In fact, to simply state that ABC hadn't responded, without the context as to how the contact was made, seems to be the kind of thing we accuse the NYT, CBS and the rest of the gang of doing in their reporting. After finding the full meaning of (sic) I think the charge against ABC to be something I would expect from moveon.org but not from FR.
Dog (you) chasing its tail! You say he was in contact, then complain about the contact, then complain about the whole thing!
Put the coffee cup down!