May 19, 2004, 06:45 AM
An example for Chron editor Jeff Cohen
The editor of the Indianapolis Star recently admitted his paper blew its coverage of Nick Berg:
Readers who called or e-mailed me about the front page of last Wednesday's Star were right. We underplayed the story about the beheading of an American by people claiming to be al-Qaida operatives in Iraq.Wouldn't it be nice if the editor of the Chron would step forward and apologize for Lucas Wall's treatment of the Sandoval story, or Rick Casey's presentation of Dan Morgan's copy without proper attribution?
Instead, as some lucky readers who have been recipients of James T. Campbell emails have shared with me, the Chron just puts together what are basically press releases saying, “What, us wrong? Never!”
The example above is a good one for you and your editorial board to study, Mr. Cohen. And why not give Mr. Campbell a weekly column to discuss matters like this while you're at it, a privilege any true ombudsman ought to enjoy?
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