Friday, December 3, 2004

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That's good - showing some respect & honesty. Maybe you'll get a desrved spike in traffic from this. Why, though, does she make some bizarre reference to the french PM in there, apropos of nothing? Odd editor?

johnnydee (ip:62.254.128.6) 3 December 2004 - 1:35 uur

I know how you feel. I once indirectly caused a newspaper editor to lose her job. It's a long story; the short version is that I made some nasty remarks about her hometown, which were subsequently published in a major newspaper, and she made the mistake of publicly agreeing with me. Shortly thereafter, the newspaper fired her. I felt absolutely wretched about it. (Last I heard, she had written a novel; I hope it's selling well!)

But that was a case of censorship, whereas in Amory's case it's clearly a matter of professional negligence, if not misconduct.

vaara (ip:80.127.26.54) 3 December 2004 - 11:24 uur

Arjan, you need feel no doubt or shame.

Given the rather privileged position of journalists in American society, plagarism or any sort of fabrication, no matter how slight, by journalists is taken seriously. Firing would be expected as a bare minimum.

Penta (ip:134.198.241.50) 3 December 2004 - 3:19 uur

Arjan,

I believe that she was caught in a reactionary backlash present here in the US that, will no longer tolerate journalistic plagiarism, misinformation or unethical conduct. This has come about by a series of serious breaches in ethical conduct from Harvard University professors to the New York Times writers to CBS News reporters. You must remember these are some of America’s most trusted and venerated institutions. A clear, strong message is being sent journalist at all levels—NO MORE. And the blogsphere is heavily involved in being a tenacious watchdog on this matter. It’s our ingrained contentious nature, I suppose! It’s indeed an inequitable world, but she knew what she was doing—she just did anticipate the reaction. While I feel empathy for what happened to her, I feel not the least bit sympathetic. The press enjoys a special, protected status here in the states and has moral obligations to hold themselves to highest of standards.

Michael in SC (ip:68.209.214.4) 3 December 2004 - 23:38 uur

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