Quotation of the day
"The right to get it wrong only makes sense, though, if reporters who muff stories acknowledge the errors and their publications recall the pieces" said Jack Shafer, Slate magazine in a story called "The Right To Be Wrong... And the elephant in the New York Times newsroom." It's one of these numerous articles written after the Blair and Kelley scandals. For instance, Jack Shafer asked: "if The New York Times was willing to admit repeated mistakes in its coverage of the Wen Ho Lee case, then why have they remained silent on Judith Miller's many mistakes in reporting on Iraq?
Source: Slate
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