July 3, 2003
Don’t know; check…
The ugliness of journalistic arrogance sometimes makes a funny turn. For example, confusing playwright Marc Spitz with Olympic swim champ Mark Spitz. How is such a mistake possible? Columnist Ward Morehouse III thought he knew something he didn’t know. And he applied his mistaken “knowledge” without checking his facts.
Journalists don’t know; journalists check. A journalist who thinks he knows is a mistake waiting to explode across the front page. This example is merely amusing. What if it involved something of real civic importance?
Posted by acline | July 3, 2003 | Posted in: Main | Comments (4)
How do we know reporter ignorance hasn’t already involved something of real importance? I submit for your consideration Frank Rich’s multi-thousand word “report” on how the Bushies “allowed” l70,000 ancient artifacts to be looted from a Bagdad museum. Last I saw, Frank was still writing columns at the NYTimes and taking pot shots at Rupert Murdock – how ironic.
Greg…I did not mean to suggest that such things haven’t already happened.
You should say so – you leave it open-ended in your post.
Next time. Your comment and my response have taken care of it this time. I appreciate your close reading.