September 02, 2004, 02:17 AM
Chron admits error, reprints DA letter after butchering original
As reported yesterday by Chronically Biased, the Chronicle recently ran an edited letter by Harris County District Attorney Chuck Rosenthal in which they omitted a key part of his argument.
Today's viewpoints page finally fesses up to the butchery committed upon Mr. Rosenthal's letter. From the website edition:
EDITOR'S NOTE: The Chronicle is re-running this letter to the editor from Harris County District Attorney Charles Rosenthal. Inappropriate editing of the version printed in Wednesday's Chronicle undercut Rosenthal's defense of his actions in the case.
Jeff Cohen must've realized, for once, that people take notice when his paper engages in shoddy journalism and people don't like to be misrepresented by its equally shoddy editing jobs. Sadly, that simple concession, which could easily apply to any number of the same paper's articles on any given day, took a major case of blatantly fraudulent editing to arise. Keep holding their feet to the fire though as this is a sure sign that it's working.
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