Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/01/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]An expectation for accurate, fact-checked reporting is "nonsense?" You can't blame this NYT hiccup on deadlines unless you fervently believe there was a deadline to report the number of survivors. Or a deadline to tally the fatalities. No deadlines on either score, I bet. None, whatsoever. -Chris Lawson -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@comcast.net> > No, of course you wouldn't - not if you worked for a wire service, with > constantly recurring deadlines; a television cable network, requiring > constant updates; or a daily, which required filing the latest information > on deadline. And if you have news writing experience, which I tend to > doubt, > you'd know that and wouldn't be continuing on with this nonsense. > > > On 1/4/06 3:48 PM, "mcyclwritr@comcast.net" <mcyclwritr@comcast.net> wrote: > > > True, one would work with those sources. But would one stop there? > > Wouldn't > > you hold off on the report until you talked with a rescuer(s). Maybe > > viewed > > survivors with your own eyes? Of course, you would. Because, only > > yesterday > > the feeling was that chances of anyone surviving were minimal, if not > > grim. > > Impossible, even. > > > > "Survivors? A miracle! By damn, yes! A miracle! Hold the front page--we > > have a > > certifiable miracle to report." > > > > -Chris Lawson > > > > -------------- Original message ---------------------- > > From: Daniel Ridings <dlridings@gmail.com> > >> On 1/4/06, mcyclwritr@comcast.net <mcyclwritr@comcast.net> wrote: > >>> This exactly the sort of NYT apologist retort I anticipated. That's > >>> why my > >> original post included a whiff of Basic Reporting 101, which, > >> predictably, is > >> missing from your reply. > >> > >> According to Aftenposten (national newspaper in Norway) it was family > >> members and governor of West Virgina who reported that 12 had > >> survived. That's pretty close to the sources a reporter would work > >> with. > >> > >> Daniel > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Leica Users Group. > >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information