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Topic: Letters Sent to Romenesko
Date/Time: 4/26/2005 9:31:17 AM
Title: Brill loves NYTer Stanley's work, but...
Posted By: Jim Romenesko
 
From STEVE BRILL: Was anyone else amazed at how the Times mixed opinion and “reporting” in Alessandra Stanley’s attack on Katie Couric yesterday? I assumed I would see some kind of editor’s note in the paper today, but didn’t.

It’s one thing to write a review in The Arts Section saying the show is slipping or that it seems desperate, or that “the camera fixates on Ms. Couric’s legs." That’s all about the content of the show -- fair game for a critic, and really good stuff. But it’s quite another to report as fact -- all unsourced -- that “people dart behind doors and douse the lights” when Katie approaches, that "panic has set it," etc. Who says? What’s Katie’s comment? Was she asked to comment?

I have no ax to grind here. I usually love Stanley’s work, and have no book to peddle on the Today show or anywhere else. This just seems wrong.

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