tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8310158610197025977.post8026105364702447022..comments2023-04-13T07:18:14.262-07:00Comments on Courierwatch: Today's Chuckle: The editorialSteven Ayreshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15663818104866997062noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8310158610197025977.post-70953900433279764052011-07-02T12:25:49.020-07:002011-07-02T12:25:49.020-07:00This reminds me of something that happened in my h...This reminds me of something that happened in my hometown paper, which (much like the Courier) is now part of one of these agglomerations of numerous small newspapers that are controlled by an out of town/state right-wing group/family.<br />Anyways the editor of that paper wrote this screed about how you shouldn't believe everything you hear on the internet, blah, blah, blah. Now I had been in a longish running discussion with the paper (and the previous editor) about their failure to fact-check some really glaring lies in their letters to the editor page (stuff like the Courier prints, e.g. claiming the stimulus built an $8 billion train from Vegas to Disneyland).<br />The very same day as the editor was admonishing readers for getting suckered by the internet, They ran a "letter" that was one of those lying chain e-mails verbatim--the letter "quoted" an economist saying something really glaringly stupid. I went to the economist's webpage and the splash screen was a statement in giant letters that he had not made the stupid statement attributed to him.<br />I got in a good argument with that editor, where he basically said it is not the job of his newspaper to make sure the information they print is factual.<br />As such, this boils down the Courier company line about perfectly, and it is why a Courier-watch like yours is needed.birhter t. bagurnoreply@blogger.com