Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/04/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I have read Boston Globe everyday for ~10 years, about that long with the San Jose Mercury News and occasionally NYT, SF Chronicles, etc. and the Globe is definitely my favorite newsrag. On Sun, Apr 1, 2012 at 6:44 PM, scleroplex <scleroplex at gmail.com> wrote: > dear mark, > i agree with you on the quality of american photojournalism. > it's journalism i was talking about and it is truly miserable. > > also one should be able to make an observation without having to be an > expert. > one can easily discern if someone is an excellent cook without also being > able to make that item in question. > > when it comes to multiple sclerosis neurology, i am truly world class. > and can strut my stuff with the best of them anywhere. > > it does not mean i do not know when things are lousy in other sectors or > that i should keep quiet. > > recently i asked a New York Times journalist point blank when he was going > to retract his article. > it was incredibly badly written without even basic fact checking. > > his defense was that the paper he was quoting was published in a peer > reviewed journal > and so getting the facts right was someone's else's responsibility. > but that journal did not print it in the New York Times. he did. > > and he presented other points of view so his job was done. > he didn't actually need to "report" anything that HE found. > > now this is consistent with the PHILOSOPHY of the NYT. > > see- > http://www.salon.com/2012/01/13/arthur_brisbane_and_selective_stenography/ > and > > http://publiceditor.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/12/should-the-times-be-a-truth-vigilante/ > > > he wrote "I?m looking for reader input on whether and when New York Times > news reporters should challenge ?facts? that are asserted by newsmakers > they write about." > > apparently fact-checking makes one a "truth vigilante". > > welcome to american journalism!!!!! > > i emailed arthur as well about retracting this junky article. > he has yet to write back. > > it took me just an hour to do the fact checking that he was supposed to. > > read it all here - http://www.flickr.com/photos/scleroplex/6811713204/ > > as you can see, when it comes to medical fraud, i don't just say one line > and leave it at that. > nor do i let journalists off the hook. > > most american journalists nowadays simply engage in CHURNALISM. > > as for photojournalism, i wish we had more of it. > one good thing i can say about the boston globe is they still have > photojournalists on staff > and print their output every single day. > i subscribe daily and open the pages in anticipation every morning. > > cheers from a "truth vigilante" ! > :-)) > bharani > > > > Date: Sun, 01 Apr 2012 18:48:51 -0400 > From: Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> > Subject: Re: [Leica] Is the iPhone the Only Camera You Need > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Message-ID: <CB9E5393.1C733%mark at rabinergroup.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > > My hit on the state of quality of American photojournalism differs. > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com>