[IP] more on Coursey

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

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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 Coursey


This, 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.






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