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August 24, 2013

Salon writer calls for Maureen Dowd sacking

Citing a long and sordid history of serial distortion, misquote, fabrication, and plagiarism, Alex Pareene has had enough.

...Any single one of those errors might’ve gotten a cub reporter fired from the Times. But no non-superstar would’ve been allowed to get away with all of those mistakes* — especially the ones that seem very much like the intentional sexing up of material. Maureen Dowd has gotten away with it because she is influential and decorated. She’s a Pulitzer winner! But her influence and fame should cause her to be held to a higher standard, not a more lax one. Mistakes — and outright dishonesty — coming from someone as prominent as Dowd are worse. If a back-of-the-Metro Section news story misquotes someone, it’s bad, but the damage is limited to the people who read the story. If Maureen Dowd manufactures a quote, it can live forever. It travels. It becomes part of “the narrative...

Others are noting Dowd's proclivity for serial distortion and veritas challenged style as well. The NYT of course is stonewalling.

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