Hiltzik Dishonesty — of the Type Times Editors Are Likely to Ignore
So Cathy Seipp says that L.A. Times editors are searching Hiltzik’s work for past evidence of dishonesty. Somehow, I’m guessing an example like this one, from Bob Somerby, isn’t going to faze them in the slightest. (Scroll down about halfway down the page.)
Somerby sums up the transgression this way:
Hiltzik put a word in [Matt] Cooper’s mouth—a tangy word Cooper hadn’t used. He then used a few tangy words of his own—words he never quite explained. Our question: What exactly does it mean when a scribe seems to spin up his language this way? It makes us feel that we’re being played—a feeling many readers enjoy.
Dishonest? You bet — in the same way that Hiltzik has been intellectually dishonest in many of his debates with me. But somehow I don’t think that’s what Times editors are looking for. If they find a third pseudonym — if he posted comments somewhere as “Mikeysushi” — well, under The Times‘s odd standards, that could end his career. But “improving” the facts to suit a liberal agenda? Standard operating procedure!
P.S. I enjoyed this line from Somerby:
Hiltzik being a sensible type . . .
Heh. Maybe Somerby doesn’t know what he’s talking about after all . . .
Seipp’s piece: KF&O brings back re-run memories – Kukla’s eyebrows always had me transfixed. Hey, they kind of look like…
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Maybe could be a code for bloggers meaning “danger: sock-puppet warning”?
Pauli (d46168) — 4/23/2006 @ 8:42 pmYou’ve seen Wuzzadem’s post, haven’t you? Funny stuff.
Patterico (156eed) — 4/23/2006 @ 8:46 pmYeah – loved the “Masha Wig”! “You leave him alone!”
Pauli (d338cd) — 4/24/2006 @ 5:43 am[…] OlbyWatch has it. Between Johnny Dollar’s comments, Robert Cox’s open letter, the boss’s latest, and today’s Vent, there isn’t much left to say. Except this: Olby’s apology reminds me a lot of the L.A. Times bringing the hammer down on Michael Hiltzik for sock puppetry insofar as it uses contrition for a lesser sin as cover for a greater one. Patterico explained it this way: So Cathy Seipp says that L.A. Times editors are searching Hiltzik’s work for past evidence of dishonesty… […]
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