New York Times criticizes its own coverage: is there a precedent for this?

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I haven't looked at this very closely yet, possibly because it doesn't fit neatly into any of my pre-conceived categories.

Here's one of the NYT's own editorials about its reporting.

It's fascinating how it echoes some of the standard criticisms that are made by critics of the mainstream media (e.g., the information is there, but it's burried near the end of the article in some remote section). And this is not a case of unveiling a particular reporters fabrications. The NYT comments treat the problem as, in some sense, systemic.

― Rockist Scientist, Thursday, 27 May 2004 14:52 (twenty-two years ago)

ever hear of Jayson Blair?

― hstencil (hstencil), Thursday, 27 May 2004 14:54 (twenty-two years ago)

And this is not a case of unveiling a particular reporters fabrications. The NYT comments treat the problem as, in some sense, systemic.

I think this is a lot different from the Blair case, where it was focused on one individual reporter.

― Rockist Scientist, Thursday, 27 May 2004 15:05 (twenty-two years ago)

true, but what led to the Blair case was a systemic problem as well. And while Judith Miller didn't make up stories, her sources did.

― hstencil (hstencil), Thursday, 27 May 2004 15:06 (twenty-two years ago)

Many people (I am not necessarily one of them) think this is about only one reporter, and that it's inappropriate that the response has referred to systemic problems.

what led to the Blair case was a systemic problem as well.

where the system was a byproduct of the editorial personality. it's an issue wrt Miller as well

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Thursday, 27 May 2004 15:26 (twenty-two years ago)

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― bill stevens (bscrubbins), Thursday, 27 May 2004 16:07 (twenty-two years ago)

Too little too late.

― scott seward (scott seward), Thursday, 27 May 2004 16:09 (twenty-two years ago)

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