Jayson Blair: Offering His Views On Making Up News (Dinosaur Media DeathWatch™)

NPR ^ | November 6, 2009 | David Folkenflik

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Of interest to our group.

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ping

[Doogle]

...it's a wonder he hasn't opened up a government sponsored school yet.....

[iowamark]

Blair says he soon became convinced the only way to have a true impact was to reach The New York Times.

He played a key role in destroying his Idol.

[org.whodat]

Blair says he soon became convinced the only way to have a true impact was to reach The New York Times.

He played a key role in destroying his Idol.

Then he did have a true impact. LOL

[Westbrook]

The Journalism paradigm has shifted from “Who, what, where, when,” to “Fake but accurate”.

Of course, “accurate” is a euphemism for “politically correct”.

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http://steveouting.com/2009/11/05/so-what-exactly-is-newspaper-web-premium-content-please-tell-me/
So what exactly is newspaper web ‘premium’ content? Please tell me

http://www.newspaperdeathwatch.com/
East Valley Tribune to Shut Down

[Mind-numbed Robot]

During our conversation, Blair seems sincere, compelling, and even contrite. But how much stock can you put in what's said by someone best known for lying?

Like Democrats?

IMO, Blair was ambitious and desired attention and admiration, much like many others. Yet, he was too lazy to do the real leg work necessary for the job and the facts often weren't sexy enough for a good story so he would wing it. The more successful he was the easier it became. Fiction became fact.

All the other excuses of alcohol, drugs, bipolar disorder etc., are just further attempts not to own up to that so the lie continues.

[Zakeet]

Given his record, I had to ask Pinch why faculty members, journalists and students assembled for a conference on media ethics should believe what he had to say.

The New York Nymph gave a half-laugh and said they should listen, not ask questions and never form their own opinions.

"It's up to us to make up all the news that's fit to print," he said.

[Jackson57]

Wow, this is almost as weird as having Spitzer give a speech about ethics ... oh, wait.

[Sloth]

Jayson Blair, the former New York Times reporter who triggered the greatest scandal in the newspaper's history.

Anyone who thinks that Blair's silly fabrications are a greater scandal than Walter Duranty's Pulitzer-winning coverup of the Holodomor is a fool.

[Carley]

In line with Robert Toricelli being a Corzine campaign adviser.

[Spok]

“Getting Jayson Blair obviously was a departure,”

The departure was ackowledging that Blair was fabricating news, which the NYT has mastered.

[Tribune7]

On Friday, the twice-yearly Washington and Lee Journalism Ethics Institute will hear from its latest keynote speaker: Jayson Blair, the former New York Times reporter who triggered the greatest scandal in the newspaper's history.

Something to ponder: would the Washington And Lee Journalism Ethics Institute ever ask Rush Limbaugh to speak?

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/nov/05/murdoch-pay-wall-anti-trust
Murdoch’s plan for web pay walls ‘raises questions of anti-trust law’

http://newsosaur.blogspot.com/
Chicago news co-op starts on a shoestring

[Landru]

"'Getting Jayson Blair obviously was a departure,' says Edward Wasserman, the Knight professor of journalism ethics at Washington and Lee...Wasserman says the Times culture was dysfunctional, but that Blair cannot avoid his own responsibility."

LOL!!

I suspect they don't know it, quite yet; but, they really are finished. Kaput.

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http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-11-05/crunch-time-for-time-warner/full/
Crunch Time for Time Warner

http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=101&aid=173027
Brill: Most Users Won’t Notice as Sites Start Testing Paid Content

[Landru]

"But the vast majority of users will not notice anything, said Steven Brill."

Steven Brill?
Same shill behind the (now defunct) Brill's Content rag, spawned of the ignoble Clintigula era??

LOL
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That be him.