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Quality control problems at the NYT ("fake but accurate" without the "accurate" part) |
2007-10-15 |
Donald Luskin Deborah Solomon's weekly short interviews in the New York Times Magazine are the most irritating possible example of the snotty, smarmy, smug and holier-than-thou attitude that pervades the entire enterprise that is the Times. Now "public editor" Clark Hoyt has exposed her for the fraud she is. Though presented in a way that suggests a verbatim transcript, the order of the interview is sometimes altered, and the wording of questions is changed.. And, Solomon told me, “Very early on, I might have inserted a question retroactively, so the interview would flow better,” a practice she said she no longer uses. Here's the best part, where Solomon is caught bragging about her lack of journalistic ethics: In an interview with Columbia Journalism Review in 2005, Solomon said: “Feel free to mix the pieces of this interview around, which is what I do.” |
Posted by:Mike |
#12 Don't they have collections of NYT crosswords for sale in the bookstore? |
Posted by: trailing wife 2007-10-15 22:07 |
#11 Um. The public editor is behind Times Select? |
Posted by: KBK 2007-10-15 18:16 |
#10 Ten things the NYTs can be used for: 1. Kitty litter box liner . . . I can't think of another nine. Oh well. |
Posted by: JohnQC 2007-10-15 18:00 |
#9 Jack, there's a cure for NYT addiction. Cancel your subscription. That's all. No withdrawal symptoms, no methodone--just quit cold turkey. |
Posted by: Mike 2007-10-15 17:20 |
#8 Jack, Jack, Jack.... How long have you had this problem? Do you want to talk about it? Have you sought professional help? Maybe we at the 'Burg can be of assistance? |
Posted by: Bobby 2007-10-15 17:12 |
#7 Okay, I admit I get the NYTs but only the Sunday edition - for the crossword (this is the political equivalent of saying you only read Playboy for the stories). Each Sunday I read Solomon's Q&A feature to see if somehow she is able to weave in an anti-American, anti-Bush, anti-WoT, anti-Iraq or pro-NYT progressive humanist secularist agenda. Even if the interviewee is a fashion designer, condo developer, hotel magnate, investor, etc. She never fails to disappoint. Its for that reason, that I always felt her interviews were contrived. Good to know, I wasn't the only one believing that. |
Posted by: Jack is Back! 2007-10-15 14:14 |
#6 FFF; Fiction and fraud without frills. |
Posted by: JohnQC 2007-10-15 12:39 |
#5 Isn't that a academic major? Creative Journalism? |
Posted by: CrazyFool 2007-10-15 11:14 |
#4 I like to call it Creative Journalism sounds sorta artsy |
Posted by: macofromoc 2007-10-15 11:08 |
#3 Quality control problems at the NYT ("fake but accurate" without the "accurate" part) It's a feature, not a bug. |
Posted by: Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Jr 2007-10-15 10:58 |
#2 Good to see that some of the old traditions haven't gone away. One helpful hint though, honey? If ya gonna get caught, it's better if you're dead... |
Posted by: The Ghost of Walter Duranty 2007-10-15 10:50 |
#1 Apparently, the difference between 'journalism' and 'just making stuff up' is that there isn't one. |
Posted by: SteveS 2007-10-15 10:35 |