Reporter violated NYT ethics code with false Fast and Furious story

The Daily Caller ^ | 6 June, 2012 | Matthew Boyle

[marktwain]

I wonder how many times the NYT reporters have "made things happen" by reporting what they wanted to have happen.

[mkmensinger]

The Times has ethics? Who knew?

[marktwain]

Gunwalker / Murdergate ping.

[newnhdad]

False story for the MSM is when someone accidentally commits journalism and tells the truth..

[Repeat Offender]

HaaHaaHaaHaa.......the New York Times has a code of ethics....good one.

[Calvin Locke]

The Times has ethics?

That should be the real story.

Apparently, "All the news that's fit to print" is an evolving paradigm.

[MikeSteelBe]

Joseph Goebbles would be proud of the American “news” media.

[stylin19a]

Of all the crap the NYT puts out, I believe this is minor.

The guts of the story scares me. Why is Boehner going around Issa ? oh, excuse me...why is Boehner’s STAFF going around Issa ?

[Mr. K]

I wonder if the soviet era propagandists were as gleefully willing as the current American media

[MestaMachine]

“The guts of the story scares me. Why is Boehner going around Issa ? oh, excuse me...why is Boehner’s STAFF going around Issa ?”

Therein lies yhe REAL question. Why indeed?

[Mr. K]

"The Times has ethics? Who knew? "

That was my EXACT same rection, just seeing the headline

[WilliamofCarmichael]

1932 Pulitzer Prize winner the New York Times Walter Duranty set the standard for all Nytimese.

[Nachum]

“The guts of the story scares me. Why is Boehner going around Issa ? oh, excuse me...why is Boehner’s STAFF going around Issa ?”

The answer is really simple. Boehner wants this to go away and Issa is coming out with a steady drip of public releases to force him not to. By himself, it is obvious that Issa cannot force the major player to bring Holder down, but he refuses to let this go away.

[MestaMachine]

Which part of this “story” is the real propaganda? The part that names boehner? The part where the daily caller tries to exonerate boehner? Or the part that is corrected to name boehner’s staff?

Would boehner’s staff be “negotiating “ with the doj without his direct knowledge? How many betrayals are we willing to overlook?

[GOPJ]

In Section 17 of the Times’ journalistic ethics policy, the publication says that it “correct[s] our errors explicitly as soon as we become aware of them.” “We do not wait for someone to request a correction,” the ethics code reads. “We publish corrections in a prominent and consistent location or broadcast time slot.”

I suspect their definition of 'error' is different than ours... We mean bias - information as coin of the realm - sources that come from only one side or one desk over... Stories that aren't covered for PC reasons... others that are - but always benefiting liberals. Errors of deep significance.

What they probably mean is, 'we said he would arrive at 3 pm - rather than 4 pm...' - something meaningless.

[GOPJ]

Boehner spokesman Michael Steel, however, said the report was not true, and in a blog post attacking the Times, Boehner’s office wrote that neither the newspaper nor Savage reached out to Boehner’s team before publishing the story.

Guess that's the downside of getting all the 'tips' from one side...

[Hogblog]

Issa should be the next Speaker of the House....the Tan Man should stick to golf.....time for a new Speaker....

[TigersEye]

Nothing to see here. Just our “free” press running a coverup story for the criminal 0bama administration.

[TigersEye]

I wouldn’t bet a grain of salt that anything the NYTs or Charlie Savage is saying is true.