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more on Coursey on IP WITH NASTY EDITORS COMMENTS dhf
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2005 18:12:16 -0400
Begin forwarded message: From: corbet () killermarmot com (Jonathan Corbet) Date: September 23, 2005 5:59:27 PM EDT To: dave () farber net Subject: Re: [IP] Coursey on IP WITH NASTY EDITORS COMMENTS dhf
The newspaper would not have distributed such a story to tens of thousandsof readers until it had something like an answer that supported theimplied allegation of censorship. Why? Because many readers would acceptthe accusation as being "true" and never see the follow-up.
You mean like when CNN reported that the NOLA police had killed several Army contractors? You had to work hard to find the followup on that one. For the incident in question, the correction was distributed to everybody who received the original posting, and it happened within a few hours. No newspaper has ever tried to correct its errors (and they all make plenty of errors) with such speed, coverage, or transparency. Meanwhile, IP has been one of the very best sources of information through this whole Katrina disaster - far, far better than the mainstream media. Dave, you are doing us all a great service; I wouldn't let this guy bother you too much. Thanks, jon ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as lists-ip () insecure org To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/
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