Tuesday, July 20, 2010
The Media - "Why the silence from The Post on Black Panther Party story?"
The problem is that newspapers like the Washington Post often publish stories that prove to be inaccurate and THEN publish an obscure correction that few see.
When the shoe is on the other foot, those same publications FAIL to print ANYTHING until everyone else has already done so, and the story is getting stale...
When the shoe is on the other foot, those same publications FAIL to print ANYTHING until everyone else has already done so, and the story is getting stale...
Andrew Alexander writes about the Washington Post's shallow reasoning. And by the way, he is the Post's ombudsman (read apologist):
"For months, readers have contacted the ombudsman wondering why The Post hasn't been covering the case. The calls increased recently after competitors such as the New York Times and the Associated Press wrote stories. Fox News and right-wing bloggers have been pumping the story. Liberal bloggers have countered, accusing them of trying to manufacture a scandal.
But The Post has been virtually silent."
