Tuesday, November 01, 2005
A Thought
My continuing life-long obsession with the Times continues....
Now that Judy Miller had kind of, sort of written a lawyer-approved confessional, when are Pinch and Keller going to do theirs?
It was pretty clear from theget-go that Judy's case did not present a situation of pedal-to-the-metal absolute protection of a journalist. At the very least, a little investigation and confirmation was clearly in order. It certainly was clear to me and I am well outside the loop.
Well, so apparently were Pinch and Keller.
But their jobs are, to say the very least, to be inside the loop.
As I've noted before, on Pinch's beat, we've had steady deterioration of the quality of journalism at the Times with the result of the paper's credibility ever dropping. (Not as low as the Cheney/Rove/Bush administration's to those with open eyes and ears, but stil....)
Hint for Pinch: The brand is not getting stronger, just marketed more. There's a difference.
As we've noted, Pinch's greatest mis-hits include, off the top of my head:
Whitewater
Wen Ho Lee
Election 2004 coverage: the hagiographer and the crtical bitch -- truly fair and balanced
Howell Raines, both as editorial page editor as well as executive editor
Gerald Boyd, whose decisions and published comments were on a level with Pinch's -- not a good thing
Jayson Blair
Judy's absolutely inept WMD coverage
Now that Judy Miller had kind of, sort of written a lawyer-approved confessional, when are Pinch and Keller going to do theirs?
It was pretty clear from theget-go that Judy's case did not present a situation of pedal-to-the-metal absolute protection of a journalist. At the very least, a little investigation and confirmation was clearly in order. It certainly was clear to me and I am well outside the loop.
Well, so apparently were Pinch and Keller.
But their jobs are, to say the very least, to be inside the loop.
As I've noted before, on Pinch's beat, we've had steady deterioration of the quality of journalism at the Times with the result of the paper's credibility ever dropping. (Not as low as the Cheney/Rove/Bush administration's to those with open eyes and ears, but stil....)
Hint for Pinch: The brand is not getting stronger, just marketed more. There's a difference.
As we've noted, Pinch's greatest mis-hits include, off the top of my head:
Whitewater
Wen Ho Lee
Election 2004 coverage: the hagiographer and the crtical bitch -- truly fair and balanced
Howell Raines, both as editorial page editor as well as executive editor
Gerald Boyd, whose decisions and published comments were on a level with Pinch's -- not a good thing
Jayson Blair
Judy's absolutely inept WMD coverage
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