Thursday, May 13, 2004
Porno for Panderers: The Continuing Obfuscation of the Boston Globe
The Boston Globe comes clean. Well, the Boston Globe washes its hands, anwyay, of yesterday's embarrassing breakdown:
Editor's Note: A photograph on Page B2 yesterday did not meet Globe standards for publication. The photo portrayed Boston City Councilor Chuck Turner and activist Sadiki Kambon displaying graphic photographs that they claimed showed US soldiers raping Iraqi women. Although the photograph was reduced in size between editions to obscure visibility of the images on display, at no time did the photograph meet Globe standards. Images contained in the photograph were overly graphic, and the purported abuse portrayed had not been authenticated. The Globe apologizes for publishing the photo.
Hey, no need to apologize. Accidents happen! But if you're going to run a correction, run a correction.
It's not that the photos didn't meet the Globe's usual fact-checking standard. It's that the photographs were out-and-out falsehoods.
And the story you missed is that you have a Boston elected official from the Green party and the Nation of Islam passing them off as real.
If you've got a city official passing counterfeit photos--and slandering US troops--isn't it your job to cover that, and cover that aggressively?
All newspapers screw the poodle sometimes. But the Globe is continuing to obscure the facts, even in its correction.
Splash, out
Jason
Editor's Note: A photograph on Page B2 yesterday did not meet Globe standards for publication. The photo portrayed Boston City Councilor Chuck Turner and activist Sadiki Kambon displaying graphic photographs that they claimed showed US soldiers raping Iraqi women. Although the photograph was reduced in size between editions to obscure visibility of the images on display, at no time did the photograph meet Globe standards. Images contained in the photograph were overly graphic, and the purported abuse portrayed had not been authenticated. The Globe apologizes for publishing the photo.
Hey, no need to apologize. Accidents happen! But if you're going to run a correction, run a correction.
It's not that the photos didn't meet the Globe's usual fact-checking standard. It's that the photographs were out-and-out falsehoods.
And the story you missed is that you have a Boston elected official from the Green party and the Nation of Islam passing them off as real.
If you've got a city official passing counterfeit photos--and slandering US troops--isn't it your job to cover that, and cover that aggressively?
All newspapers screw the poodle sometimes. But the Globe is continuing to obscure the facts, even in its correction.
Splash, out
Jason
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