[969] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: Privitization is the issue today
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Stan Barber)
Fri Jul 12 18:28:25 1991
From: sob@tmc.edu (Stan Barber)
Date: Fri, 12 Jul 1991 15:14:38 CDT
In-Reply-To: Richard Mandelbaum <rma@tsar.cc.rochester.edu>
To: Richard Mandelbaum <rma@tsar.cc.rochester.edu>, com-priv@psi.com
On Jul 12, 12:35pm, Richard Mandelbaum wrote:
} Subject: Re: Privitization is the issue today
} "We didn't like what you wrote so we won't speak to you ever again"
}
} Is that a reasonable way to insure that we get good reporting in the future?
You make the assumption that this reporter is capable of good reporting.
} I think it is a guarantee that we get misrepresented even more!
You can't get misquoted if you say nothing.
} I would of course take more or less care with the words I spoke, depending
} upon who thje listener was.
The basic mistake I made was assuming this reporter would take an objective
view of the complete picture. He himself admits that he was overwhelmed by
the complexity of what he discovered.
} By the way the idea of a reporter as opposed to say a biographer giving
} one preaproval rights on a story he/she has written seems as ludicrous as
} the idea of having appropriate usage guidelines based on content.
At the time, I was concerned about technical correctness. I have seen too
many stories where the technical details were wrong and therefore the story
had no factual merit. I was not interested in censorship, just accuracy.
What I require now is that the reporter tell me something about his story,
when it will appear, and his opinion on what he is writing. Those with some
kind of agenda will always be turned down. I am happy to be interviewed by
objective reporters. These reporters write factual stories without the
emotionally charged, opinionated material I have found in articles by
this reporter.
}-- End of excerpt from Richard Mandelbaum
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