Posted by Jay Livingston
The blog Aluation has this fascinating post.
That’s the whole thing – two sentences from two versions of the same news story. And two different by-lines. I don’t know what Colin Moynihan’s official position at the Times is, but Al Baker is the chief of the Times police bureau. Write your own story as to how this change happened.
Aluation’s post just prior to this is a long and informative analysis of the same topic – press coverage of Occupy Wall Street and protests in other countries: “bold political protesters abroad, stupid criminal hippies at home.”
1 comment:
Maybe Al Baker was at the front of the crown and Colin Moynihan was pulling up the rear.
So it took longer for Al to get back the island, find a dime, and phone-in his story.
[But more seriously, I've found Al Baker's police reporting to be very good, and much better, most often, than other NYT reporters.]
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