Comments on: Jill Stewart on the Chuck Philips Mess http://patterico.com/2008/03/28/jill-stewart-on-the-chuck-philips-mess/ Harangues that just make sense Sat, 17 May 2008 04:54:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Bradley J. Fikes http://patterico.com/2008/03/28/jill-stewart-on-the-chuck-philips-mess/#comment-329908 Bradley J. Fikes Fri, 28 Mar 2008 20:15:57 +0000 http://patterico.com/2008/03/28/jill-stewart-on-the-chuck-philips-mess/#comment-329908 <i>She knows very well that Chuck Philips is an honorable guy.</i> <i>Julius Caesar</i>, Act 3. Scene 2. She knows very well that Chuck Philips is an honorable guy.

Julius Caesar, Act 3. Scene 2.

]]> By: GC http://patterico.com/2008/03/28/jill-stewart-on-the-chuck-philips-mess/#comment-329892 GC Fri, 28 Mar 2008 18:26:31 +0000 http://patterico.com/2008/03/28/jill-stewart-on-the-chuck-philips-mess/#comment-329892 Shame on Jill Stewart. She knows very well that Chuck Philips is an honorable guy. I can't help but remember when she was at New Times, and was herself constantly being accused of twisting her own reporting to suit a bias... Shame on Jill Stewart. She knows very well that Chuck Philips is an honorable guy. I can’t help but remember when she was at New Times, and was herself constantly being accused of twisting her own reporting to suit a bias…

]]> By: Bradley J. Fikes http://patterico.com/2008/03/28/jill-stewart-on-the-chuck-philips-mess/#comment-329879 Bradley J. Fikes Fri, 28 Mar 2008 17:15:44 +0000 http://patterico.com/2008/03/28/jill-stewart-on-the-chuck-philips-mess/#comment-329879 David Ehrenstein properly skewered the use of anonymous sources a few years ago in <a href="http://www.laweekly.com/news/features/swallow-this-deep-throat/1763/" rel="nofollow">an article every reporter and editor should take to heart.</a> <i>"The source seeking anonymity isn’t 'bucking the system' — he is the system . . . "Likewise, when New York Times reporters Jeff Gerth and James Risen spread (to put it most charitably) inaccurate information about nuclear research scientist Wen Ho Lee (resulting in Lee’s being incarcerated in chains in solitary confinement without access to legal counsel for nine months), their disinclination to identify the parties who fed them this line (currently the subject of a suit lodged by Mr. Lee) is by no means a blow for a free and independent press.</i> David Ehrenstein properly skewered the use of anonymous sources a few years ago in an article every reporter and editor should take to heart.

“The source seeking anonymity isn’t ‘bucking the system’ — he is the system . . .

“Likewise, when New York Times reporters Jeff Gerth and James Risen spread (to put it most charitably) inaccurate information about nuclear research scientist Wen Ho Lee (resulting in Lee’s being incarcerated in chains in solitary confinement without access to legal counsel for nine months), their disinclination to identify the parties who fed them this line (currently the subject of a suit lodged by Mr. Lee) is by no means a blow for a free and independent press.

]]> By: kevin http://patterico.com/2008/03/28/jill-stewart-on-the-chuck-philips-mess/#comment-329871 kevin Fri, 28 Mar 2008 16:37:37 +0000 http://patterico.com/2008/03/28/jill-stewart-on-the-chuck-philips-mess/#comment-329871 I'm surprised you linked to the rs piece, seeing how it not only rips the Times, but reminds us how corrupt and incompetent the LA cops and prosecutors were. It's great to see Philips pay for his sins...too bad the same won't happen to all the players in this sordid mess I’m surprised you linked to the rs piece, seeing how it not only rips the Times, but reminds us how corrupt and incompetent the LA cops and prosecutors were. It’s great to see Philips pay for his sins…too bad the same won’t happen to all the players in this sordid mess

]]> By: krazy kagu http://patterico.com/2008/03/28/jill-stewart-on-the-chuck-philips-mess/#comment-329865 krazy kagu Fri, 28 Mar 2008 14:58:23 +0000 http://patterico.com/2008/03/28/jill-stewart-on-the-chuck-philips-mess/#comment-329865 The L.A SLIMES is just the west coasts version of the NEW YORK SLIMES NO DIFFERENT AT ALL The L.A SLIMES is just the west coasts version of the NEW YORK SLIMES NO DIFFERENT AT ALL

]]> By: Alta Bob http://patterico.com/2008/03/28/jill-stewart-on-the-chuck-philips-mess/#comment-329855 Alta Bob Fri, 28 Mar 2008 13:48:00 +0000 http://patterico.com/2008/03/28/jill-stewart-on-the-chuck-philips-mess/#comment-329855 I suspect that a lot of the problem that the NY Times had with Jayson Blair was a result of his writing liberal-biased sob stories. His editors loved them so much that they never gave it a thought whether they were true. Same is true for the book by a white girl supposed story of growing up in the ghetto. I suspect that a lot of the problem that the NY Times had with Jayson Blair was a result of his writing liberal-biased sob stories. His editors loved them so much that they never gave it a thought whether they were true. Same is true for the book by a white girl supposed story of growing up in the ghetto.

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