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New York Times Appoints Standards Editor
AP
| 9/10/03
Posted on 09/10/2003 3:50:59 AM PDT by kattracks
NEW YORK, Sep 10, 2003 (AP Online via COMTEX) -- The New York Times has appointed assistant managing editor Allan M. Siegal as its first standards editor, the newspaper reported. Siegal, who will retain his current title, will oversee the creation of new guidelines for the use of anonymous sources, bylines and datelines, according to a story in Wednesday's edition of the Times.
In an e-mail to staff announcing the appointment Tuesday, Executive Editor Bill Keller said Siegal would be "the main internal sounding board for staff members who have doubts or complaints about the paper's content, whether already published or in the works."
The position was the recommendation of a Siegal-led committee that examined policies at the Times in the wake of the scandal surrounding Jayson Blair, a reporter who fabricated or plagiarized parts of many stories.
Siegal, 63, joined the Times as a copy boy in 1960 and worked his way up to assistant foreign editor, where he helped edit the newspaper's coverage of the Pentagon papers. He became news editor in 1977 and assistant managing editor in 1987.
TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Editorial; Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: allansiegal; billkeller; falsification; howellraines; jaysonblair; mediafraud; medialies; newspapers; newyorktimes; nyt; nytschadenfreude; plagiarism; schadenfreude; standards; thenewyorktimes
Hmmm.... does this mean an end to "All the ##it That Fits We Print"?
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posted on
09/10/2003 3:50:59 AM PDT
by
kattracks
To: kattracks
What? Who will have final authority over a standards issue? The Democratic National Committee or the editor? What a mess....
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posted on
09/10/2003 3:55:28 AM PDT
by
Drango
(McClintock is my first choice, but given the numbers I'm voting for Arnold.)
To: Timesink
Here's a little blurb you can add to your NYT list.
I personally think this is just a way to give their "unnamed sources" a stamp of approval.
To: kattracks
As Mom used to say...Better late than never!
To: kattracks
Bottom line:
ALL LIES ACCEPTABLE IF THEY SUPPORT ISLAMIC TERRORISTS AND/OR DEMOCRATS
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posted on
09/10/2003 4:12:54 AM PDT
by
Diogenesis
(If you mess with one of us, you mess with all of us)
To: kattracks
I thought for sure they'd name Greg Packer, 39, of Huntington, NY.
To: kattracks
this guy's job is to make sure GWB gets blamed for everything and that the clitoons names and fingerprints are removed
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posted on
09/10/2003 4:22:51 AM PDT
by
The Wizard
(Saddamocrats are enemies of America, treasonous everytime they speak)
To: kattracks
New York Times Appoints Standards Editor
By Jayson Blair NEW YORK, Sep 10, 2003 - Staring across his cluttered desk, assistant managing editor Allan M. Siegal's expression turned to a frown betraying the stress of his new assignment. "Those young commie reporters better watch themselves", he exclaimed. He paused and spat into a styrofoam cup. "I don't care if they are affirmative action babies or not, they are going toe the line, or face the consequences." To dramatize his point, Mr Siegal vigorously pounded his fist on his desk, shaking and almost tipping the cup.
But Mr. Siegal's career at the Times reflects the culture that he is working against. Having joined the Times as a copy boy in 1960, he quickly worked his way up to assistant foreign editor, where he was handed the plush assignment of helping edit the newspaper's coverage of the Pentagon papers. He was fast-tracked to news editor in 1977 and assistant managing editor in 1987...
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posted on
09/10/2003 4:37:53 AM PDT
by
palmer
(paid for by the "Lazamataz for Supreme Ruler" campaign.)
To: kattracks
>>joined the Times as a copy boy in 1960
How can he not be a part of the culture that created their problems?
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posted on
09/10/2003 4:42:45 AM PDT
by
FreedomPoster
(this space intentionally blank)
To: kattracks
"I am proud to be the new Standerds Editer."
To: kattracks
Can you say "Lipstick on a pig"?
To: martin_fierro; reformed_democrat; Loyalist; =Intervention=; PianoMan; GOPJ; Miss Marple; Tamsey; ...
This is the New York Times Schadenfreude Ping List. Freepmail me to be added or dropped.
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posted on
09/10/2003 2:32:58 PM PDT
by
Timesink
To: kattracks
Where's the link?
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posted on
09/10/2003 3:05:39 PM PDT
by
Pharmboy
(Dems lie 'cause they have to...)
To: kattracks
Siegal...will oversee the creation of new guidelines for the use of anonymous sources, bylines and datelines, according to a story in Wednesday's edition of the Times. So he's going to create a manual that everyone will throw in the bottom of a desk drawer (or their trashcan) and it's business-as-usual after that. Notice there's no mention of who's going to enforce the "guidelines".
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posted on
09/10/2003 4:08:38 PM PDT
by
randog
(Everything works great 'til the current flows.)
To: kattracks
In the memorable and inspiring words of the great liberal truth evader, Bill Clinton, "it all depends on the meaning of "standards".
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posted on
09/10/2003 7:17:29 PM PDT
by
harpo11
( Hey, I work hard too, but so what, I'm just a law abiding tax paying American Citizen.)
To: kattracks
Ok, "New York Times" and "standards" should not appear in the same sentence unless we are talking about the lack thereof!
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posted on
09/10/2003 8:47:51 PM PDT
by
StarCMC
(God protect the 969th in Iraq and their Captain, my brother...God protect them all!)
To: Drango
Who will have final authority over a standards issue? The Democratic National Committee or the editor?There won't be any change there. The DNC will still run the show.
All this stuff ("standards editor", etc.) is just a show - - it's ongoing damage control at the former "paper of record".
To: kattracks
I can hear the many NYT reporters today: "Standards? We don't need no stinkin' standards!"
To: kattracks
The old policy:
Trashing conservatives with anonymous sources wins winks, nods and promotions.
I wonder what the new policy will be?
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posted on
09/11/2003 7:42:44 AM PDT
by
GOPJ
To: Lancey Howard
LOL:
Who will have final authority over a standards issue? The Democratic National Committee or the editor?
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posted on
09/11/2003 9:01:38 AM PDT
by
GOPJ
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