Comments on: FT op-ed http://crookedtimber.org/2006/07/02/ft-op-ed/ Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made Sat, 26 May 2012 21:58:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Eamonn Fitzgerald http://crookedtimber.org/2006/07/02/ft-op-ed/comment-page-1/#comment-162733 Eamonn Fitzgerald Mon, 03 Jul 2006 19:26:05 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=4863#comment-162733 Yes, it's great the opening sentence has been fixed. And it's sad that the rest is behind the paywall, but, hey, the FT doesn't live on fresh air and its got to find the bucks somewhere to pay Henry for his piece. Oh, and by the way, it's not only Republicans who are pressing the NYT these days. Here's Jeff Jarvis: "I want to see the editor of a major U.S. newspaper who is covering and uncovering classified government antiterrorism programs write a piece under the headline: 'When and why I will reveal secrets.' For I have not yet seen a satisfactory answer to that obvious and essential question in any of the many letters and editorials those editors have been writing lately. If journalism is about upholding standards, then let's know what those standards are." <a href="http://www.buzzmachine.com/index.php/2006/07/01/when-and-why-i-reveal-secrets/" rel="nofollow">www.buzzmachine.com/index.php/2006/07/01/when-and-why-i-reveal-secrets/</a> Maybe that opening sentence needs a bit more fixing. Yes, it’s great the opening sentence has been fixed. And it’s sad that the rest is behind the paywall, but, hey, the FT doesn’t live on fresh air and its got to find the bucks somewhere to pay Henry for his piece. Oh, and by the way, it’s not only Republicans who are pressing the NYT these days. Here’s Jeff Jarvis: “I want to see the editor of a major U.S. newspaper who is covering and uncovering classified government antiterrorism programs write a piece under the headline: ‘When and why I will reveal secrets.’ For I have not yet seen a satisfactory answer to that obvious and essential question in any of the many letters and editorials those editors have been writing lately. If journalism is about upholding standards, then let’s know what those standards are.”

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Maybe that opening sentence needs a bit more fixing.

]]> By: Henry http://crookedtimber.org/2006/07/02/ft-op-ed/comment-page-1/#comment-162615 Henry Mon, 03 Jul 2006 13:15:09 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=4863#comment-162615 Jasper - when I get home tomorrow, I'll put it up on my web space in HTML or PDF form - I'm not sure why the linkthrough isn't working. Jasper – when I get home tomorrow, I’ll put it up on my web space in HTML or PDF form – I’m not sure why the linkthrough isn’t working.

]]> By: Jasper Milvain http://crookedtimber.org/2006/07/02/ft-op-ed/comment-page-1/#comment-162578 Jasper Milvain Mon, 03 Jul 2006 06:53:13 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=4863#comment-162578 The good news: they've fixed the opening sentences. The bad news: most of the rest of it appears to have gone behind the paywall. The good news: they’ve fixed the opening sentences. The bad news: most of the rest of it appears to have gone behind the paywall.

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