Re: The Palestinians Are Finished
- From: "Steve Goldfarb" <slg@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 1 Apr 2007 03:18:34 +0000 (UTC)
In <1hvsvn2.178klbx265ucdN%real-not-anti-spam-address@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> real-not-anti-spam-address@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (D.M. Procida) writes:
Steve Goldfarb <slg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Note that what Geert is saying isn't "we try to avoid using words that
would cause the reader to form a certain opinion," he (or she) is quite
explicitly saying "we try to avoid words that would offend our sources."
That's absolutely not true. The Reuters statement doesn't even say that
implicitly, never mind explicitly. They're saying that the word
"terrorist" bears an emotional load, and risk getting in the way of the
"accurate and impartial" reporting of events.
Daniele, can you read? I quoted the paragraph below. You must be reading
something other than what they published, because it doesn't say what you
claim it does.
However, these efforts have been overshadowed by the controversy over
the policy of our Editorial group to avoid using emotional terms such
as "terrorist" in their news stories. This policy has served Reuters
and, more importantly, our readers well by ensuring access to news as
it occurs, wherever it occurs. As a global news organization reporting
from 160 countries, Reuters mission is to provide accurate and
impartial accounts of events so that individuals, organizations and
governments can make their own decisions based on the facts.
that's the key para right there -- they need to "ensure access" even if
such access comes at the expense of accuracy.
No they don't, they say nothing of the sort.
It says "ensuring access." That's the reason they give for not using the
word "terrorist," they're doing it to "ensure access." That's flat-out
what they say, Daniele. "This policy has served Reuters ... by ensuring
access to news..."
You might not like their decision, and you might be right in thinking
that they are wrong to adopt the policy they have, and I might even
agree with you if I could come to a clear position on it myself. I think
that you'd find reasonable people on either side of that judgement. But
you won't find them saying black is white in an effort to make their
case.
They said what they said, and I think it's clear to anyone reading the
above paragraph.
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