On Fri, 21 Dec 2007 13:38:10 -0600, Gig601XLBuilder wrote in :

If he said anything close to what he was quoted as saying then I stand
100% behind my statement

If he didn't, you'll have to revise your view. )

I don't even have a problem with an anchor saying he didn't proof copy
before he read it. Happens all the time and happened to me a time or
two. My whole problem is that if the anchor said anything close to what
Denny said he said ...

Yes, IF he was saying, "I knew it was wrong," there may be
something to criticize.

But IF he was saying, "I was not in a position to ad-lib
a correction on the air," that seems very understandable,
especially if the corrections were, in fact, peripheral
to the main storyline (an airplane crashed in thus-and-such
a location at thus-and-such a time).

... then as far as I'm concerned he stopped being a
journalist at some point and started being NOTHING but talent and as
such nobody should blame journalism for what he does anymore than you
would if an actor that was a pilot in real life and then read lines that
were given to him that said something about aviation that wasn't true.

We agree that the field of journalism should not be held
accountable for what individual journalists do or fail
to do. Every source should be evaluated on its own
merits.

Marty
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