New York Times Suspension Exposes Issue Over Bylines (When it Raines, it Pours)

Wall Street Journal ^ | 5/27/03 | Matthew Rose, Douglas A. Blackmon, and Brian Steinberg

[LdSentinal]

In the summer of 2000, Maribel Morey, a sophomore at the University of Notre Dame, worked as an intern in the Miami bureau of the New York Times. Many days, she was sent by reporter Rick Bragg to gather quotes for a handful of stories carrying Mr. Bragg's byline about a historic tobacco liability case in which cigarette makers were slammed with a $145 billion judgment.

[Maynerd]

I can't believe I used to subscribe to the NYT's.

It has become a a whiney bitchy liberal rag that doesn't even do its own primary reporting. They have an agenda (premise) and hire stringers to flesh out their stories. What a bunch of friggin hypocrits for ragging on Drudge and the internet for unedited and unverified reporting.

[Grampa Dave]

"Indeed, some Times staffers expressed surprise at Mr. Bragg's suspension because using material from stringers and assistants without giving credit is common practice at the paper, owned by New York Times Co. "

Gee, would this be called plagerism?

[friendly]

I love the smell of charcoaled self-destructing liberal nazis in the morning.

[Liz]

"......we are in an atmosphere where even the most routine reporting practices
are being questioned, and I despise that," Mr. Bragg said......."I hate that......"

Gosh Rick, too bad for you.....b/c I really like the fix the Times got itself into. LOL.