When Totten, or any journalist for that matter, can't get even the simple stuff right, you tend to wonder if it's possible for them to get the hard stuff right. Sometimes they can't, but sometimes they choose not to - and that's when it becomes a lie. Regardless, their work becomes meaningless.
I used that argument in a debate with a journalist I was dating back in Boston shortly after 9/11. Her argument was based on her belief that a journalist can't be an expert on everything they wish to write about. Of course she had no good answer when the words "responsibility" and "accuracy" were batted around. That's when I realized that I was dating someone just for their looks ... oh well ... no one's perfect. lol
ooh ooh I have ANOTHER "Tottenism":
An old Middle East saying? How about a not-so-old saying coined by an American (yes, that's right, it's Henry Kissinger's baby).
When Totten, or any journalist for that matter, can't get even the simple stuff right, you tend to wonder if it's possible for them to get the hard stuff right. Sometimes they can't, but sometimes they choose not to - and that's when it becomes a lie. Regardless, their work becomes meaningless.
I used that argument in a debate with a journalist I was dating back in Boston shortly after 9/11. Her argument was based on her belief that a journalist can't be an expert on everything they wish to write about. Of course she had no good answer when the words "responsibility" and "accuracy" were batted around. That's when I realized that I was dating someone just for their looks ... oh well ... no one's perfect. lol