:: Wednesday, May 26, 2004 ::
Wretchard does a terrific job with the NYT WMD debacle:
The problem with the media is it cannot accurately keep track of the facts. It is not institutionally equipped to grade the reliability of information brought to its front pages. It has no organized method of collaterally confirming stories based on sources that are unlikely to collude. It has no analysis cells to follow a story and continuously reevaluate the reliability of initial information based on subsequent developments
I happen to agree that had MSM been on top of the WMD issue the war in Iraq probably wouldn't have happened...isn't that the subtext Of the NYT's plea? It's good of them to do this...really, it is.
:: Max 11:52 PM [+] ::
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