tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-917932169846040654.post3441542710679379260..comments2024-03-29T06:57:27.799+00:00Comments on Jon Slattery: Marsh: 'Don't leave the public out of libel reform'Jon Slatteryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13038317396308507738noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-917932169846040654.post-49163909733571845792011-01-12T23:44:59.126+00:002011-01-12T23:44:59.126+00:00Dear Anonymous,
I think the blame lies with my ed...Dear Anonymous,<br /><br />I think the blame lies with my editing of Kevin Marsh's quote, which should have read: "We journalists deceive ourselves about why we're loathed by the very public in whose interest we profess to report."<br /><br />I've now corrected it.Jon Slatteryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13038317396308507738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-917932169846040654.post-71887313026244205472011-01-11T23:04:58.361+00:002011-01-11T23:04:58.361+00:00I find the quotation ""Journalists decei...I find the quotation ""Journalists deceive ourselves about why we are loathed by the public." reads rather strangely, for someone who pontificates on this somewhat specialised section of the BBC web site.<br /><br />But then, I find the same about the opening sentence of the esteemed gentleman's latest blog offering: "The latest figures make it clear that the number of young men carrying and using knives is increasing sharply." Cutting wit, maybe, but - word order?<br /><br />There are numerous examples of this lamentable lack of style littered throughout Mr. Marsh's blogs, unfortunately.<br /><br />What a shining example to us all!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com