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From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2005 19:17:36 -0400
Begin forwarded message: From: Paul Levy <plevy () citizen org> Date: September 23, 2005 6:49:52 PM EDT To: dave () farber net, david_coursey () ziffdavis com Subject: Re: [IP] more on CourseyThis, too, is a very nice point. And again, I turn this question back to Coursey. Where are the corrections to HIS columns published? Will he or his publishers share any of the pungent criticisms made on this list with his readers, so that the same people who saw his rant see the responsive rants? What steps will they take to see that the audiences are equivalent?
Again, I am sending this message directly to Coursey, in the hope that he will live up to the spirit of his own criticisms
Paul Alan Levy Public Citizen Litigation Group 1600 - 20th Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20009 (202) 588-1000 http://www.citizen.org/litigation
David Farber <dave () farber net> 9/23/2005 6:45 PM >>>
Begin forwarded message: From: Ed Belove <ed () belove com> Date: September 23, 2005 6:12:24 PM EDT To: dave () farber net Subject: Re: [IP] Coursey on IP WITH NASTY EDITORS COMMENTS dhf Coursey: "You can distribute a correction, but some number of people will never see it. To them, the original story will always be the truth." This is true of newspapers, that generally put corrections in some inside page in small type, and TV, where the corrections are mentioned days later, if at all. A big advantage of a list like IP is that the corrections have the same prominence and are read by the same people who saw the original "story" and generally are sent out in a timely manner. He also assumes some mythical purity on the part of "real" journalists. The majority of TV news and many of the daily papers are do very cursory fact and source checking. The pressures of beating the competition to the story (particularly for the all news channels) has taken priority over accuracy. ------------------------------------- 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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