Tom Blumer, a CPA who contributes to the NewsBusters web site, points out Wednesday that New York Times reporter David Leonhardt‘s “call” six months ago that manufacturing in this country was in a recession was flat out wrong.
“Leonhardt himself has never retracted his ‘recession’ call. It remains in its own way one of the most bogus pieces of reporting I have seen in any section of the news.
“David, if calling a manufacturing ‘recession’ and then not retracting it after six consecutive months of reported expansion immediately after his call is not agenda-driven, I don’t know what is. It never had any foundation, and it should be an embarrassment to the Times each day it stays uncorrected.”
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Why in the world would this complaint be sent to me, a reporter?
We have established places for complaints -- corrections@nytimes.com goes to the standards editor and public@nytimes.com goes to the public editor.
All emails are read by senior editors well above the reporter/photographer/artist and are pursued to resolution (except, and I presume here, for obvious psychiatric case emails of which all newspapers get plenty).
We correct errors. Period. SInce Mr. Leonhardt is a columnist this may fal into a more gray area, but if presented it will be addressed so instead of braying into cyberspace or to me (who works mostly 300 miles from the newsroom and has no authority on this) it should be directed to the two email addresses above.
To be clear, my reference to psychiatric cases in an earlier post is to my assumption about the practical applicaton of a policy. It was not directed in any way at the gentleman who complained to me about my colleague.
I hope this gets posted, as a comment I left earlier this morning wasn't.
I very much appreciate Mr. Johnston's clarification.