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On Fri, 11 Mar 2005 13:55:05 -0500, Gogarty
wrote: In article , says... I am familiar with all of this. See the archives. It was Satori in this thread, not Mr. Brown. I have enough trouble keeping up with what's current in the NGs I follow. I certainly can't take the time to check the archives. Point taken. As for this thread, my impression was it was about (or had become about) Perfect Storm and not just about the beached yacht. Perfect Storm is a fine, but humanly imperfect, piece of book journalism. Everything in it is attributed. As a journalist, I would be proud to have written it. Rodney Myrvaagnes NYC We have achieved faith-based science, faith-based economics, faith-based law enforcement, and faith-based missile defense. What's next? Faith-based air traffic control? |
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But the worst thing for any
journalist is to have someone who prominently figures in a story pop up after the fact and say "He never even tried to talk to me." A retired journalist. Bob Brown was the only person in any way "vital to the story" that wasn't interviewed. We don't really know whether the author tried to talk to him. He did not try to talk to the owner of Satori. Was even quoted saying "he is not the sort of person I'd want to talk to". Was the owner "vital to the story"? I think so, given the attention that part of the story received , and also given the public naming of a person in such derogatory fashion. Even after it was revealed that Satori stayed afloat for 10 days after the storm and the author reluctantly acknowledged that in subsequent paperback editions, he still did not attempt to talk to the owner. Nor did he do enough research to get the story right about where the boat drifted ashore. Not just sloppy. Callously irresponsible. Reckless disregard for a person's reputation. Any responsible journalist would give the subject an opportunity to comment. |
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