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March 1st, 2011 at 11:31 am
Amusing and sad.
Remember this next time you read an article with that author’s name attached.
(I think your comment applies equally to the story about Jeanne Assange yesterday…in that case, the headline didn’t quite match the story, and the story theme didn’t quite match the quotes given by some of the people involved in the article. But I haven’t been able to chase down the people principally involved to double-check, so all I’m left with is a hunch that the author and editor tried to turn something small into a big controversy.)
March 1st, 2011 at 2:50 pm
Record it, and post it to YouTube. Problem solved.
March 1st, 2011 at 5:02 pm
With that author’s name? In my experience only about 1/2 of what’s written in the paper is correct. Maybe 1/4 of what’s reported on television news. Bringing accuracy and context to a story is way to much work, apparently…
March 1st, 2011 at 5:33 pm
As a businessman in the same town for 30 years, I’ve been directly involved in several news stories. In no case has the reporting been accurate, and in no case have my words, printed in quotes, been my actual words.
March 1st, 2011 at 6:45 pm
I’ve been interviewed and quoted a number of times. What they say I said is seldom what I said; and like as not, it’s the opposite.
But be generous with the newsfolk. Never attribute to malice what is adequately explained by stupidity and ignorance.
March 3rd, 2011 at 12:34 pm
I had a relative in the PR business back in the 80’s. He always said that when dealing with the media, get them to agree to you getting a copy of the raw footage or don’t do the interview.