[IP] more on Coursey on IP WITH NASTY EDITORS COMMENTS dhf

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

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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   
> thousands
> of readers until it had something like an answer that  supported the
> implied allegation of censorship. Why? Because many  readers would  
> accept
> the 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


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