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

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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Antonia Shouse
4.3
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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