Posted by: McQ on Monday, August 20, 2007 You have got to read this post by Josh Marshall. It is freakin' hilarious. The long and short of it is an LA Times article by a journalism professor decries the blogophere as being "rife with disputation as it is thin on information, or more specifically, reporting, writing that demands "time, thorough fact-checking and verification and, most of all, perseverance."" As Marshall says, fair enough, not an untrue statement. But the fun begins when Marshall finds Talking Points Memo (TPM) listed as one of the examples of what the professor claims. So Marshall sends an inquiry to the professor. The professor replies, "I didn't put your name into the piece and haven't spent any time on your site. So to that extent I'm happy to give you benefit of the doubt ...". That seemed an odd reply. Marshall, thinking he meant he didn't name him specifically in the article again queries the professor to which the professor replies, "I said I did not refer to you in the original. Your name was inserted late by an editor who perhaps thought I needed to cite more examples ... " As Marshall incredulously asks: And this is from someone who teaches journalism?Well, yeah. Are you beginning to understand the depth of the problems which continue to be uncovered within the MSM? Fact-checking and verification? Nah, the editor inserts TPM, and without once visiting the website, the professor signs off on an example which undermines his whole point and premise about the superiority of the MSM in the realm of 'fact-checking and verification'. You just can't make this stuff up, I tell you. UPDATE: Oh, my ... read this. |
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