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A Widening Scandal?
MSNBC ^
| 5/15/03
| Seth Mnookin
Posted on 05/16/2003 12:23:47 AM PDT by LdSentinal
May 15 The New York Times has begun making inquiries into the work of several staff reporters after questions about their work were raised by colleagues and people outside the paper, according to multiple sources at the Times.
EDITORS AT the paper are looking into complaints about fudged datelines, composite scenes and too-good-to-be-true quotes, the sources say.
On Thursday evening, a Times spokeswoman confirmed that questions were being asked in the wake of the Times probe of Jayson Blair, who earlier this month resigned after being accused of plagiarism. Our Jayson Blair coverage has brought forth a variety of questions and tips that have resulted in phone calls with reporters here on staff, says the spokeswoman, Catherine Mathis. The phone calls have produced no information that appears to warrant any action at this time. Asked specifically about three reporters, Mathis said she could not specify which employees have been contacted for reasons of privacy.
(Excerpt) Read more at msnbc.com ...
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Front Page News; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: falsification; howellraines; jaysonblair; mediafraud; medialies; newsweek; newyorktimes; nyt; plagiarism; pravdaonthehudson; raines; scandal; thenewyorktimes
To: LdSentinal
New York Times should make public the names of those they are investigating. Let us look for plagiarism and lies. Heck, they could run a contest and award prizes to those who find them first. We all know they are there.
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posted on
05/16/2003 12:33:51 AM PDT
by
DPB101
To: LdSentinal
I continue to think Raines' head is going to ultimately roll on this. I think it has to.
To: LdSentinal
BTTT
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posted on
05/16/2003 5:26:04 AM PDT
by
Mr. Mulliner
(It is impossible to design a system so perfect that no one needs to be good. - T. S. Eliot)
To: LdSentinal; DPB101; The Other Harry; Mr. Mulliner
Click on the cartoon.
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posted on
05/16/2003 5:31:58 AM PDT
by
sweetliberty
("Having the right to do a thing is not at all the same thing as being right in doing it.")
To: martin_fierro; reformed_democrat; Loyalist; =Intervention=; PianoMan; GOPJ; Miss Marple; Tamsey; ...
This is the New York Times Schadenfreude Ping List. Freepmail me to be added or dropped.
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posted on
05/16/2003 7:22:00 AM PDT
by
Timesink
To: LdSentinal
The Times needs to stop with the unattributed quotes until their reputation is clean. Ever notice how the unattributed quotes from conservatives never sound like anyone you know, have ever known or will ever know? Sometimes the quotes sound like a liberals stereotype of a conservative. I'm not saying they make them all up....
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posted on
05/16/2003 8:36:27 PM PDT
by
GOPJ
To: LdSentinal
The Times needs to stop with the unattributed quotes until their reputation is clean. Ever notice how the unattributed quotes from conservatives never sound like anyone you know, have ever known or will ever know? Sometimes the quotes sound like a liberals stereotype of a conservative. I'm not saying they make them all up....
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posted on
05/16/2003 8:36:29 PM PDT
by
GOPJ
To: LdSentinal
if i didn't get the educational discount for the nyt, i would not subscribe!
the other day the san diego soviet union tribune had an editorial concerning the mess at the nyt, and they used the words "accuracy and truth" concerning the sdut!
i almost puked.
anyone that thinks an american newpaper prints the "truth" has got a screw loose!
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posted on
05/16/2003 8:44:33 PM PDT
by
liberalnot
(what democrats fear the most is democracy .)
To: liberalnot
Oh come on! Maureen Dowd wouldn't lie and she's published in the Slimes. She'll leave out whole clauses within a sentence, to change the meaning of a paragraph she's quoting, but that's just he 'perspective' don'tcha know!
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posted on
05/16/2003 8:56:20 PM PDT
by
MHGinTN
(If you can read this, you've had life support from someone. Promote Life Support for others.)
To: MHGinTN
i stopped reading her!
a media slut, i'd say.
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posted on
05/16/2003 8:59:49 PM PDT
by
liberalnot
(what democrats fear the most is democracy .)
bump
To: GOPJ
Anytime the NYT quotes good old reliable "unidentified senior White House Officials," we will know they are just making up lies from whole cloth.
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posted on
05/16/2003 9:02:31 PM PDT
by
Travis McGee
(----- www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com -----)
To: Temple Owl
ping
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posted on
05/16/2003 9:03:08 PM PDT
by
Tribune7
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