[Leica] Is the iPhone the Only Camera You Need

[richard at richardmanphoto.com (Richard Man)]

I have read Boston Globe everyday for ~10 years, about that long with the
San Jose Mercury News and occasionally NYT, SF Chronicles, etc. and the
Globe is definitely my favorite newsrag.

On Sun, Apr 1, 2012 at 6:44 PM, scleroplex <scleroplex at gmail.com> wrote:

> dear mark,
> i agree with you on the quality of american photojournalism.
> it's journalism i was talking about and it is truly miserable.
>
> also one should be able to make an observation without having to be an
> expert.
> one can easily discern if someone is an excellent cook without also being
> able to make that item in question.
>
> when it comes to multiple sclerosis neurology, i am truly world class.
> and can strut my stuff with the best of them anywhere.
>
> it does not mean i do not know when things are lousy in other sectors or
> that i should keep quiet.
>
> recently i asked a New York Times journalist point blank when he was going
> to retract his article.
> it was incredibly badly written without even basic fact checking.
>
> his defense was that the paper he was quoting was published in a peer
> reviewed journal
> and so getting the facts right was someone's else's responsibility.
> but that journal did not print it in the New York Times. he did.
>
> and he presented other points of view so his job was done.
> he didn't actually need to "report" anything that HE found.
>
> now this is consistent with the PHILOSOPHY of the NYT.
>
> see-
> http://www.salon.com/2012/01/13/arthur_brisbane_and_selective_stenography/
> and
>
> http://publiceditor.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/12/should-the-times-be-a-truth-vigilante/
>
>
> he wrote "I?m looking for reader input on whether and when New York Times
> news reporters should challenge ?facts? that are asserted by newsmakers
> they write about."
>
> apparently fact-checking makes one a "truth vigilante".
>
> welcome to american journalism!!!!!
>
> i emailed arthur as well about retracting this junky article.
> he has yet to write back.
>
> it took me just an hour to do the fact checking that he was supposed to.
>
> read it all here - http://www.flickr.com/photos/scleroplex/6811713204/
>
> as you can see, when it comes to medical fraud, i don't just say one line
> and leave it at that.
> nor do i let journalists off the hook.
>
> most american journalists nowadays simply engage in CHURNALISM.
>
> as for photojournalism, i wish we had more of it.
> one good thing i can say about the boston globe is they still have
> photojournalists on staff
> and print their output every single day.
> i subscribe daily and open the pages in anticipation every morning.
>
> cheers from a "truth vigilante" !
> :-))
> bharani
>
>
>
> Date: Sun, 01 Apr 2012 18:48:51 -0400
> From: Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com>
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Is the iPhone the Only Camera You Need
> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> Message-ID: <CB9E5393.1C733%mark at rabinergroup.com>
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> My hit on the state of quality of American photojournalism differs.
>
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