Posted on 05/15/2003 4:50:04 AM PDT by an amused spectator
There has been a recent tremendous hubbub over at The New York Times on the subject of one Jayson Blair, who apparently spent most of his "journalism" career fabricating news pieces for his various employers (like the Times and the Globe).
Some have suggested that Jayson was allowed to get away with his transgressions against the facts because political correctness rules all at his place of employment.
Jayson appears to be a member of a protected class at The New York Times. Do other national daily newspapers have similar "protected class members" in their newsrooms?
At The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, there appears to be one: Ms. Cynthia Tucker.
Cynthia Tucker is an op-ed columnist for the AJC, so strictly, she is not in the same journalistic slot as Jayson Blair, who "wrote" supposed "news" pieces. Objective readers have always known to take into account the personal biases of most opinion columnists when reading their stuff, and Ms. Tucker has always been a notable liberal stalwart in her opinion pieces.
However, as one of these objective readers, I believe that Ms. Tucker has lately begun going beyond the pale, even for an opinion columnist. She has begun inserting highly questionable and contradictory information into her columns, and she and her editors refuse to acknowledge correspondence pointing out problems with her "facts".
These sorts of activities are very reminiscent of The New York Times and its Jayson Blair issue. Will The Atlanta Journal-Constitution take heed of problems within its own house now, or will it wait for a time when Ms. Tucker really loses it in her weekly dances with the truth? Or is the color of Ms. Tucker's skin so important to the AJC that their credibility no longer matters?
Bush Soars, But How He'll Land Is Another Story (Cynthia Tucker Alert)
Cynthia Tucker Versus Byron York: Who Is Telling The Truth?
GOP in no rush to shed 'bigot' label
Cynthia Tucker Uses War To Attack President Bush On Racial Profiling (Cynthia Alert)
Briefly on Jayson Blair (Warning: multiple profanities at the link)
Jayson Blair On FR
No.
The AJC luvs her tilting at Republican windmills.
Such as?
Walt
I guess it's hard to tell from the title of this post that it might refer to " questionable and contradictory information" written by the big Cynthia. I should have been less obtuse. ;-)
I'm getting tired of her Jaysonesque attitude, and the fact that she's got a regional soapbox to vomit them from.
"Cynthia Tucker is an op-ed columnist for the AJC, so strictly, she is not in the same journalistic slot as Jayson Blair, who "wrote" supposed "news" pieces."
However, I do have proof that she is making up her facts:
Cynthia Tucker Versus Byron York: Who Is Telling The Truth?
Cynthia and her editors have never issued a clarification of this matter.
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