December 01, 2005

Further Proof - Media Wall of Shame

SayUncle provides further proof that journalists need to know at least something about a subject BEFORE they write about it AND that bloggers will eat them alive if they misrepresent their intentions in doing a story. It also helps if they get their facts straight.

Who gets put on the media wall of shame today? Nashville Associated Press writer Rose French for her piece on Murfreesboro's Barrett Firearms the other day. Not only were a lot of her facts wrong, but she misrepresented her intentions to Barrett Firearms in order to secure an interview by saying it was only going to be a "business feature."

SayUncle has all of the details. Read it.

Update: SayUncle also pointed out a rebuttal (pdf) written by Michael Marks of the Fifty Caliber Institute. Marks takes Ms. French to task by discussing facts about the fifty caliber rifle and counters every piece of non-factual information French used (there was a lot) which can only be meant to cause hysteria.

Wow...Ms. French should be embarrassed.

Update II: Ripclawe reminds French of the AP's recent press release on their "news values and principles."

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