A fraction too much fiction
Fact: Ninety-nine point nine percent of journalists are honest and ethical, says the Otago Daily Times.
Funny things happen when your punctuation disappears ...
And Herald on Sunday editor Shayne Currie give his take on John Manukia's fabrication:
Funny things happen when your punctuation disappears ...
And Herald on Sunday editor Shayne Currie give his take on John Manukia's fabrication:
Inevitably there will be questions over the checks and balances around news stories and these are under review. However, I do believe they are robust - they are virtually the same as any other newsroom in the country - and it's difficult to see how Manukia's deceit could have been picked up before publication.The New York Times is struggling with issues of its own, as reporter Judith Miller's relationships and her reporting of the Miller/Plame story come under scrutiny. And here's an alternative take, accusing the paper of a cover-up.
It was elaborate to the point where senior editors were provided times and locations of the so-called meetings with Mr Solomona - and the news editor was provided a full transcript of written quotes.
Astoundingly, they had all been made up. Manukia neither met nor spoke to Mr Solomona, and was at a loss to explain how he thought he might get away with it.
posted by Rob O'Neill at 8:59 PM
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Questions have to be asked of Curry over his direction of journalists.
He was at the Sunday Star Times as acting editor when reporter Aimmie Richardson got into to trouble with a stolen video tape.
She left the paper soon after Mr Curry has also pushed other journalists to step pretty much on the line asking them to pretend they are not who they are in order to get a good story.
He needs to take a serious look at what he is trying to do and what sort of paper he wants to put out
Sorry that is Currie not curry.
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