“Everyone is in favor of free speech… but some people's idea of it is that they are free to say what they like, but if anyone else says anything back, that is an outrage.” ― Winston Churchill
…why is it that an industry that produces mere words and facts, that is stacked with university graduates, political celebrities and academics, which serves as a fundamental underpinning of our western democracy, does not hold their members to the standard of performance expected of a nameless welder in an auto repair shop?
How is it that reporters and editors can fail so profoundly, so routinely, with such utter internal unaccountably – and not lose their accreditation to issue a newspaper or news broadcast?
…They simply cannot have missed this story – I see their ip addresses in my logfiles.
Kate mentions Boston Herald City Editor Jules Crittenden’s piece – Say no to AP’s shoddy work, a preview eulogy for the MSM.
Crittendon’s article is linked at other sources TOC has referenced, but if you haven’t already read it, now’s a good time.