New York Times Editor 'Stands Behind' Contested 'Pimp' Reporting on James O'Keefe

Brad Blog by Brad Friedman | Feb. 8, 2010 (Investigative Report)
Sr. Editor for Standards cites Fox News, accused felon as sources for paper's ACORN report; refuses to back up additional claims made in contradiction of former state Attorney General

"There is nothing for us to correct ... We stand by our reporting." That was the innocuous enough position from Greg Brock, New York Times "Senior Editor/Standards", in reply to a Letter to the Editor sent to the Times by a reader of The BRAD BLOG requesting a ... Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Patricia Blochowiak - Feb 8, 2010 - 9:37 PM PST
Reviewed by: Patricia Blochowiak (review), Glenn LaBauve (review), Dwight Rousu (review), Tanya J. Maurer (review), Antonia Shouse (review)
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Edited by: Fabrice Florin - Feb 18, 2010 - 2:53 PM PST

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Dwight Rousu
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 by Dwight Rousu - Feb. 9, 2010

Brad Blog details bad journalism at the NYT in blatantly misreporting the publicity stunt and defamation campaign against ACORN. Quite long and detailed, but sometimes that is needed to back off a persistant prevaricator

‘No comment,’ assertions of privacy, bizarre obfuscation, backtracking offered when asked by The BRAD BLOG ... More »

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Antonia Shouse
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 by Antonia Shouse - Feb. 15, 2010

A view into how stories get misreported, I see this again and again with papers across the country --simply accepting what comes in. There is an astonishing lack of effort to verify.

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Patricia Blochowiak
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 by Patricia Blochowiak - Feb. 8, 2010

Journalistic ethics have sunk to a new low at the NYT.

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Glenn LaBauve
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