[Leica] still more on Leica "rumor" and NYT

[wooderson at gmail.com (Matt Powell)]

On 1/4/06, mcyclwritr@comcast.net <mcyclwritr@comcast.net> wrote:
> While NYT considers itself the paper of record the nation's conscience, 
> its reporters >are expected to be neither omniscient nor even omnipresent.
>
> It appears this particular goof is the fault of the front page editor for 
> not confirming the >AP story. If it's a two-inch blurb for Section ZZ on 
> taste-tempting Valentine's Day >cupcakes, go ahead run it without double 
> checking. If it's a front page story involving >life and death, at least 
> make a phone call.
>
> -Chris Lawson

How do you know that he DIDN'T make the metaphorical phone call? The
actual news didn't come out until after Eastern dailies went to press
- that's why you'll see similar stories mirrored elsewhere.

Of course he ran the story - it's the biggest news in the US. They
printed the best information available at the time. Information that
happened to be wrong, because everyone in the chain was wrong.

You've yet to offer a single reason why the paper shouldn't have run
the story or how it amounts, in any way, to malfeasance on their part.

Jesus.

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Matt Powell
wooderson@gmail.com