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J Kaufman	Post subject: This and that Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2012 10:17 am
Joined: Mon Nov 14, 2005 3:47 pm Posts: 4655 Location: New York City	Quote: David Carr wrote a great column in Monday’s New York Times on the topic of news sources demanding that they approve quotations in stories. Mr. Carr’s “The Media Equation” had the headline “The Puppetry of Quotation Approval,” and it laid out just what an unfortunate practice has developed. He wrote: “Inch by inch, story by story, deal by deal, we are giving away our right to ask a simple question and expect a simple answer. It may seem obvious but it is still stating: The first draft of history should not be rewritten by the people who make it.” [Times] Which the ombud must not have read back to David Carr, or he could have told her: "I said, 'It may seem obvious, but it is still worth stating. ...' " Bonuses: Down with obsequious lapdogs, the very worst sort [because the only sort] of lapdog; and since this is America, blame management for the "I'd love to change that quote to make you sound slightly less stupid, but my mean old boss won't let me" policy.
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