Decision ‘08

Correcting the Corrections

Perhaps the NY Times could redirect the money being spent promoting TimesSelect and instead establish a Meta-Corrections Department. Two recent ‘corrections’, if I may use a term very, very loosely, illustrate the necessity of such a move.

The MinuteMan notes the first, a correction of a story that purports to draw attention to the political contacts of Bush cronies who are cleaning up post-Katrina, while ignoring (both the story and the correction) the inconvenient fact that until just weeks ago, the CEO of one of the offending companies was the head of the Louisiana Democratic Party.

Also (hat tip to longtime reader Fred), the Times has issued a laughable ‘Editor’s Note’ regarding The Case of the Intuitive Nudge that is astonishingly craven. Read about it yourself here…

2 Responses to “Correcting the Corrections”

1 utron Says:
September 28th, 2005 at 10:07 am
This is a little tangential, but while the Times’ journalistic standards continue to slip, Kaus absolutely refuses to let go of the TimeSelect fiasco. Now he’s going after the Times for insensitivity to race and class in the wake of Katrina.

The Times’ self-destruction is almost majestic, like watching the slow, slow foundering of the Titanic…
2 Mark Says:
September 28th, 2005 at 10:42 am
Yeah, I saw that…earned a ‘Heh’ from the Instapundit…