And so we will. We’d like to hear from many voices, including those from the newsroom. I’m at dean@deanstarkman.com. I’ll keep names out of it if you like.
The Audit
01:15 PM - September 15, 2008
Yes, but…
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I think this person is asking for a different kind of critique--something more structural about what in the standpoint point of a journalist prevents her from doing the job that, retrospectively, we regret they don't do. The short answer is collusion with the system they report on--not corruption, just routine collusion, for various startegic reasons, one of which is their dependence on informants for information i.e. for bread. Now this also the kind of mechanism that may prevent you from providing the critique this reader is asking for, and you acknowledge it yourself clearly enough when you say "our friends work in it". What do you say?
Posted by alex on Mon 15 Sep 2008 at 06:22 PM