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28 July 2003
Big media credibility
[
source]Two letters on
Poynter by
Jim Romensko (no permalinks).
From ANDREW MILNER: So we hand out bylines to proven plagiarists and fabulists, tell anyone who criticizes this that they're "completely lacking a sense of humor" and then scratch our heads wondering why 90 percent of the public hold our profession in utter contempt. Maybe respect from the masses begins with a little professional self-respect.
From JOHN CALLAHAN: Letter after letter talking about the Esquire/Glass/Blair deal, and only a single letter -- one lousy letter -- about Reuters' hatchet job on Deanna Wrenn's Jessica Lynch story? Let me get this straight: Reuters takes a local piece about a young woman and soldier returning home, turns it into a not-so-subtle anti-administration screed that one first amendment expert called "politically incendiary" (and the expert, UCLA Law Professor Eugene Volokh, was being charitable -- you really have to read this piece to believe it), and Karen Heyman is the only one with anything to say?
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