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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Anyone see the op-ed piece in the Post today?

It was supposedly about the evils of FB but was another hit job on Dawn, mistakingly reporting that when the story became a "breakout hit" (cough cough) "Dorland, hurt, sues."

This is in the WaPo. Didn't bother to do the reporting, copy desk didn't bother checking. Another hit to Dawn's character.

I am a former newspaper reporter. I've been chastised and busted for saying Elm St. instead of Elm Ave. and this sh*t gets thru???

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I read it and was disappointed. I generally like Christine Emba and felt like she started out with a more nuanced take, but unfortunately she based her opinion on her initial read of the Times Magazine story which means that she, like many of us, misunderstood some key facts that make Dawn look worse than she is and Sonya look better.

Newspapers, even very high profile ones, really seems to let fact checking slide in op-eds because it's not "reporting" per se. It's frustrating because in the digital age where stories go viral, op-eds are often all anyone reads about an issue. They should really hold them to higher journalistic standards. But then, they also should have been more responsible in the reporting of the story originally in the Times Mag. So many of the bad takes out there hinge on people having read this incredibly long story and assuming they have a good understanding of the situation, which is totally on the author and the Times -- they had the space to tell the story more accurately, but they wanted to tell it in the most click-bait-y way possible. Plus I think they were dancing around Celest Ng's involvement and just to "both sides" it specifically because they didn't want to pick a fight with her (note: she shouldn't even be in the argument! she doesn't even know Dawn, by her own admission! the court discovery demonstrates that she's unbelievably and weirdly biased about it! but anyway).[/quote]

The OpEd post feels old, like it was written before more analysis came to light. I agree it's not well done. [/quote]

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