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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: cosmicforce who wrote (6939)	2/28/2001 1:53:14 PM
From: E	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

That is SO true. They rarely get it right. Mostly it's just dumbness or sloppiness, but often the misquotes are to make the story "sexier." (Special Meaning, as in, to give it "buzz," get attention for it, etc, lol.) You would find this link fascinating. It's all about the Jeffrey Masson/Janet Malcolm/Nyer case. bc.edu I know personally about a situation in which someone was interviewed and made a jokey, self-mocking statement. And it was quoted correctly. By which I mean verbatim. Except that the self-mocking joke was quoted as a serious comment. Which produced the effect that he was, like, really weird and arrogant instead of making fun of himself. And which provided a source for a sort of outrageous quote that could be used in article after article after that! It will never go away. He now knows what every politician knows. You watch what you say. You don't trust journalists. He gives less spontaneous interviews than he used to, less interesting, less fun. But that's the way it's gotta be. Don't trust journalists. Read the Janet Malcolm link and you'll see why, in detail. And the NYer has a world famous fact-checking department!