"Unless we get some official confirmation, we're going to look stupider

[BurtWorm]

and stupider."

Quoting Marc Ash, Tim Grieve from salon.com


http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2006/05/20/truthout/index.html

From Truthout, an apology, of sorts, for reporting Rove's indictment

A week after proclaiming that Karl Rove has already been indicted on charges of perjury and lying to federal investigators, Truthout has issued a rather inscrutable partial apology.

"The time has now come. . . to issue a partial apology to our readership for this story," Truthout Executive Director Marc Ash said in a post on the site Friday. "While we paid very careful attention to the sourcing on this story, we erred in getting too far out in front of the news cycle. In moving as quickly as we did, we caused more confusion than clarity. And that was a disservice to our readership and we regret it. As such, we will be taking the wait-and-see approach for the time being. We will keep you posted."

An apology for "getting too far out in front of the news cycle"? How's that again? Where we come from, reporters try to get out in front of the news cycle. It's called aggressive reporting, breaking some news, a scoop. And it's not the sort of thing that warrants an apology -- unless, of course, you've gotten the story wrong.

...


So, once again, why the "partial apology" now?

Ash said that Truthout needs to "cool down the reactor a little bit" as it tries to learn more about the "cycle" on which Fitzgerald's legal team is working. "We're not in a position to continue on without an official confirmation," he said. "Unless we get some official confirmation, we're going to look stupider and stupider."

Those were his words, not ours.

[elehhhhna]

1. disheartening to say the least

take the media with a grain of salt -- always have, always will.

[WiseButAngrySara]

2. Is this thread now legit? I hope so. They have lost CREDIBILITY, which

with a name like TruthOut, should be worse than the appearance of "stupidity."

Two simple things are required of them, rather than this 'half-baked' "apoplogy."

1.) Identify the sources
2.) Inform their readers how it is that they so roally F*ed Up!

[RoadRunner]

3. Locking

All discussions regarding Truthout/Leopold/Rove Indictment should be posted here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=1241554&mesg_id=1241554

or here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=1241124&mesg_id=1241124


Thanks for understanding.