Comments on: Why ProPublica should open up http://www.niemanlab.org/2008/11/why-propublica-should-open-up/ A collaborative effort to figure out the future of journalism. A project of Harvard University. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 11:28:00 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: ProPublica argues they’re open enough » Nieman Journalism Lab » Pushing to the Future of Journalism http://www.niemanlab.org/2008/11/why-propublica-should-open-up/comment-page-1/#comment-157 ProPublica argues they’re open enough » Nieman Journalism Lab » Pushing to the Future of Journalism Fri, 14 Nov 2008 18:15:24 +0000 http://www.niemanlab.org/?p=419#comment-157 [...] just got off the phone with Dick Tofel, ProPublica’s general manager. He wanted to talk about my post this morning on the dispute between his organization and Portfolio writer Felix Salmon over a story ProPublica [...] [...] just got off the phone with Dick Tofel, ProPublica’s general manager. He wanted to talk about my post this morning on the dispute between his organization and Portfolio writer Felix Salmon over a story ProPublica [...]

]]> By: Dadigan http://www.niemanlab.org/2008/11/why-propublica-should-open-up/comment-page-1/#comment-156 Dadigan Fri, 14 Nov 2008 17:50:21 +0000 http://www.niemanlab.org/?p=419#comment-156 I have to agree with Prof. Delong. He's not alone. The public's respect for journalism is abysmally low, which makes it even more important for the press to be transparent about the process of putting stories together. (And to be as honest as possible when a mistake is made.) I have to agree with Prof. Delong. He’s not alone. The public’s respect for journalism is abysmally low, which makes it even more important for the press to be transparent about the process of putting stories together. (And to be as honest as possible when a mistake is made.)

]]> By: Brad DeLong http://www.niemanlab.org/2008/11/why-propublica-should-open-up/comment-page-1/#comment-154 Brad DeLong Fri, 14 Nov 2008 16:28:44 +0000 http://www.niemanlab.org/?p=419#comment-154 Wouldn't you say that this episode--in which ProPublica says that there is something bad about Goldman Sachs's not being enthusiastic about every bond people might buy, and then clams up--would predispose one to a low degree of respect for the press? The old "the story speaks for itself" was always a simple power play: we own a printing press and you don't, and so you have to answer our questions while we don't have to answer yours. I don't think that was ever a healthy situation... Wouldn’t you say that this episode–in which ProPublica says that there is something bad about Goldman Sachs’s not being enthusiastic about every bond people might buy, and then clams up–would predispose one to a low degree of respect for the press?

The old “the story speaks for itself” was always a simple power play: we own a printing press and you don’t, and so you have to answer our questions while we don’t have to answer yours. I don’t think that was ever a healthy situation…

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