Comments on: Politico’s Lame Excuse for Posting Unverified Memo http://mediactive.com/2010/03/20/politicos-lame-excuse-for-posting-unverified-memo/ Creating a User's Guide to Democratized Media Tue, 07 Feb 2012 01:41:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Neil Sagan http://mediactive.com/2010/03/20/politicos-lame-excuse-for-posting-unverified-memo/#comment-1442 Neil Sagan Mon, 22 Mar 2010 02:13:45 +0000 http://mediactive.com/?p=1392#comment-1442 I was with you right up until your conclusion: "Politico is widely considered a new gold standard of political reporting." Politco is a right-wing funded propaganda rag. Did you already forget about Mike Allen's transcription of every word stated by former VP Dick Cheney without one iota of effort to fact check or report of the veracity of his claims? I was with you right up until your conclusion:

“Politico is widely considered a new gold standard of political reporting.”

Politco is a right-wing funded propaganda rag. Did you already forget about Mike Allen’s transcription of every word stated by former VP Dick Cheney without one iota of effort to fact check or report of the veracity of his claims?

]]> By: Larz Neilson http://mediactive.com/2010/03/20/politicos-lame-excuse-for-posting-unverified-memo/#comment-1441 Larz Neilson Sun, 21 Mar 2010 12:25:53 +0000 http://mediactive.com/?p=1392#comment-1441 Whoever planted the Bush memo, it worked. 1. GWB's military record became a non-issue. 2. Conservatives were delighted at the collateral kill: Rather. Even now, when that episode is mentioned, the discussion is more about Rather than Bush. It shows how important the job of an editor is - check, verify and double-check — up, down and sideways. There's always deadline pressure and competition, but they must take a back seat to solid verification of information. Whoever planted the Bush memo, it worked. 1. GWB’s military record became a non-issue. 2. Conservatives were delighted at the collateral kill: Rather. Even now, when that episode is mentioned, the discussion is more about Rather than Bush. It shows how important the job of an editor is – check, verify and double-check — up, down and sideways. There’s always deadline pressure and competition, but they must take a back seat to solid verification of information.

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