panzwami 0 #1 September 26, 2005 http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2005/9/25/104739.shtml ----------------------- Sunday, Sept. 25, 2005 10:45 a.m. EDT NY Times Admits Fabricating News - Again The mainstream media's newspaper of record admitted late Saturday that one of its reporters fabricated part of a news story on Hurricane Katrina relief. Saying his paper "flunked" the test of basic journalistic fairness, New York Times public editor Byron Calame said Alessandra Stanley's Sept. 5 report claiming that the Fox News Channel's Geraldo Rivera "nudged" an Air Force relief worker out of the way so he could film himself rescuing a Katrina victim had been made up out of whole cloth. "Since Ms. Stanley based her comments on what she saw on the screen Sept. 4, the videotape of that segment means everyone involved is looking at exactly the same evidence," Calame noted. "My viewings of the videotape - at least a dozen times, including one time frame by frame - simply doesn't show me any 'nudge' of any Air Force rescuer by Mr. Rivera," the Times internal watchdog said, adding, "Ms. Stanley declined my invitation to watch the tape with me." Times editor Bill Keller, however, is still standing by Ms. Stanley's bogus report. He told Calame that she was "writing as a critic, with the license that title brings - [and] was within bounds in her judgment." "Ms. Stanley's point was that Mr. Rivera was show-boating - that he was being pushy, if not literally pushing - and I think an impartial viewer of the footage will see it that way," Keller insisted. But Calame countered: "Ms. Stanley certainly would have been entitled to opine that Mr. Rivera's actions were showboating or pushy. But a 'nudge' is a fact, not an opinion. And even critics need to keep facts distinct from opinions." Stanley's bogus report continues a pattern at the Old Gray Lady of making up the news. Two weeks ago, columnist Paul Krugman was forced to admit that he falsely claimed media recounts in Florida showed Al Gore winning the 2000 presidential election. In August, a Times profile of Hillary Clinton changed a quote first reported by NewsMax where Clinton said she was "adamantly opposed to illegal immigrants." In the toned down Times version, Clinton's opposition was to "illegal immigration" rather than the immigrants themselves. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tcnelson 1 #2 September 26, 2005 the nytimes is developing quite a reputation for itself! they are their own worst enemy."Don't talk to me like that assface...I don't work for you yet." - Fletch NBFT, Deseoso Rodriguez RB#1329 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gravitymaster 0 #3 September 26, 2005 With respect to bandwidth, this is too long to post the whole story, but it appears many if not most of the stories of looting, rapes etc. have been largely untrue. http://www.nola.com/newslogs/tporleans/index.ssf?/mtlogs/nola_tporleans/archives/2005_09_26.html#082732 - Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AlexCrowley 0 #4 September 26, 2005 Yeah, I saw several reports on the exaggerations in the media. So, do we blame a news hungry media who were looking for the shocking human face of a tragedy (said with tongue only partially lodged in cheek), or the breakdown of communication and that part of society, where hysteria and rumor ran rampant along with everyones fears, because the evidence strongly pointed to everyones worst fears having come true? TV's got them images, TV's got them all, nothing's shocking. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gravitymaster 0 #5 September 26, 2005 QuoteYeah, I saw several reports on the exaggerations in the media. So, do we blame a news hungry media who were looking for the shocking human face of a tragedy (said with tongue only partially lodged in cheek), or the breakdown of communication and that part of society, where hysteria and rumor ran rampant along with everyones fears, because the evidence strongly pointed to everyones worst fears having come true? Perhaps the media playing on peoples fear just to sell a story for ratings. Pretty disgusting all the way around. - Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GTAVercetti 0 #6 September 26, 2005 Quote Perhaps the media playing on peoples fear just to sell a story for ratings. Pretty disgusting all the way around. - WHAAAAAAA?!??! You get the hell outta here with that shite! The media making a story into a bigger idea than it really is? That is ridiculous. ' All you hafta do to see it at the local level even is watch those "Special reports' stations often do. Fear sells. And until the country stops buying into mass hysteria at the drop of a hat, it will keep on going. bleh.Why yes, my license number is a palindrome. Thank you for noticing. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gravitymaster 0 #7 September 26, 2005 QuoteQuote Perhaps the media playing on peoples fear just to sell a story for ratings. Pretty disgusting all the way around. - WHAAAAAAA?!??! You get the hell outta here with that shite! The media making a story into a bigger idea than it really is? That is ridiculous. Can you believe it? I was totally stunned into silence when I found this out. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rehmwa 2 #8 September 26, 2005 QuoteQuoteQuote Perhaps the media playing on peoples fear just to sell a story for ratings. Pretty disgusting all the way around. - WHAAAAAAA?!??! You get the hell outta here with that shite! The media making a story into a bigger idea than it really is? That is ridiculous. Can you believe it? I was totally stunned into silence when I found this out. damn that Fox news ... Driving is a one dimensional activity - a monkey can do it - being proud of your driving abilities is like being proud of being able to put on pants Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
