Monday, April 18, 2011

Crikey corrections credibility killers

Investigative journalist Antony Loewenstein in a Friday Crikey article:
It’s comical to read today union leader Paul Howes – whose understanding of the Middle East has come from Zionist sponsored trips to Israel — condemn the Australian unions who support BDS as “divisive” when none of those unions are actually heard in the story.
The same paragraph as it now appears:
It’s comical to read today union leader Paul Howes condemn the Australian unions who support BDS as “divisive” when none of those unions are actually heard in the story.
And at the end this addendum:
CORRECTION: In the original story it was stated that Paul Howes has taken Zionist funded trips to Israel. Paul Howes has never been to Israel. The story has been amended to correct the record.
Howes was right in earlier noting Loewenstein's history of inaccuracy.

Crikey
continues to publish Loewenstein despite his magnificent errors. Why?

4 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Because they can't afford anyone else at such a low rate. He's a filler.

6:12 PM  
Anonymous Dan Lewis said...

HAving never gone to Israel shouldn't be a disadvantage.

Loewenstein has styled himself as a 'commentator' for years, having never set foot in the country.

Much, if not most of his Israel 'best seller' had been drafted before he went there. No doubt he only went to ward off the most obvious criticism. Too bad there was so much other incompetence to criticise as well...

6:22 AM  
Anonymous Dan Lewis said...

Having never been to Israel shouldn't be a disadvantage.

Loewenstein had styled himself as a 'commentator' for years, having never set foot in the country.

Much, if not most of his Israel 'best seller' had been drafted before he went there. No doubt he only went to ward off the most obvious criticism. Too bad there was so much other incompetence to criticise as well...

6:23 AM  
Anonymous spot_the_dog said...

"In the original story it was stated that Paul Howes has taken Zionist funded trips to Israel. Paul Howes has never been to Israel."

This idea that anyone who supports Israel's right to exist must be in the pay Of Big Jew™ is so unhinged and weird.

It's their first assumption whenever anyone comes out in support of Israel - it's their default setting: PAID ZIONIST SHILL!

I can understand someone like Ant making that mistake, but I can't think why no-one at Our ABC even thought to check.

3:29 PM  

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