TIMES' BAD TIMING

New York Post ^ | July 15, 2003 | KEITH J. KELLY

[sarcasm]

July 15, 2003 -- On the day it named a new top editor, The New York Times launched yet another investigation of the performance of one of its reporters.

This time the reporter under the microscope is Lynette Holloway, a media writer whose recent story on the music business was the subject of a 2,100 word correction in The Times yesterday.

[IncPen]

Holloway referred calls to the Times and said that she has not been fired or suspended or otherwise forced out as a result of the correction.

Yet.

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[ClearCase_guy]

I seriously think the NYT should have a policy that, if they have to run a correction of more than X number of words, then you will never write for them again. A 2,100 word correction is a bad thing. The fact that this woman might actually keep her job tells me all I need to know about how important credibility is at the NYT.

[ken5050]

FYI

[Liz]

Again? Everyday in every way it keeps getting better and better.

[Taipei Personality]

. . . were the product of fabrication, plagairism and dateline fraud along with garden variety factual errors.

Editor's rule number 104: Don't use words you don't know how to spell.

[mrustow]

BTTT

[mewzilla]

You know what I'm thinking? Lelyveld and Purdham...

[Liz]

So, another axing in the works?

[rabidralph]

"He wanted to increase coverage of hip-hop music."

This is the line that jumped out at me. I'm sure the hip-hop section is the first thing loyal readers on the Upper West side turn to in their NYT.

[aristeides]

Some hiphop interests are involved in a lawsuit against Gottlieb. Was Holloway's misreporting in his case not just sloppy, but corrupt?

[mewzilla]

How can they stick around? 'Course this is the NYT we're talking about. Wasn't Lelyveld supposed to be outta there anyway? I thought that the liberal paper of record had a mandatory retirement policy for folks who hit 65. Lelyveld's older than that I think.

[Liz]

Remember, being politically correct means you never, Never utter a discouraging word about Anyone.

[Liz]

Good point. We shall see.

[mewzilla]

Limbaugh's Law (and I'm paraphrasing): Liberal screw-ups get rewarded for failure. The worse they do, the higher they go. Talk about a Peter Principle.

[Liz]

Limbaugh's Law (and I'm paraphrasing): Liberal screw-ups get rewarded for failure. The worse they do, the higher they go. Talk about a Peter Principle.

It's the Liberal Buddy System at work. They never let a fellow liberal go down. Been a lot of such resurrection cases.

Watch for Winona Ryder - petty thief - being resurected to mega-star status. She'll probably get an Academy Award as did convicted child rapist, Roman Polanski. Little turd Polanski triumphed thanks to the Liberal Buddy System.

[mewzilla]

It's worse than that, though. I think Limbaugh's right. The left actually rewards failure. Sheesh. No wonder they're such a mess.

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

In light of the egg that is still running off of the face of the NYT because of the Blair fiasco, I wonder how aggressively the Times will pursue this latest situation.

Methinks their heart just won't be in it.

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

...Everyday in every way it keeps getting better and better.

I absolutely adore that song. It makes me cry when I look at my son.