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Re: [GWL]: Garden Design letter

I think our moderator needs to moderate his language.

The first posting about Garden Design was not "a news story based on 
gossip and rumor" - the entire post consisted of a quote from a memo 
from a senior editor AT GARDEN DESIGN, and headed with the words: 
'This just in from Garden Design Magazine'. And nothing more. This 
does not qualify as 'gossip and rumour'.

Let's get this clear. The source was a senior editor at Garden 
Design, who sent an email to a long list of contacts around the world 
explaining that the magazine 'as it currently exists is being shut 
down' and detailing some associated business arrangements. This is 
pasted into a posting to this list. And the poster is then accused of 
posting 'gossip and rumour'. As was made perfectly clear - the 
announcement came from Garden Design themselves.

Doubtless there's more to all this than any of us know. But Lon 
should not be so disparaging without taking a moment to consider what 
the original post actually said. And a more interesting approach 
would be to consider why two senior editors have been given such 
different stories by the management of the magazine.

Graham Rice
(married to judywhite)

>  I hope that the situation with the story about Garden Design magazine will
>emphasize the need to be sure of your sources before you post that really
>juicy "news" item.  There are people in cyberspace who concoct very
>plausible "news" stories based on gossip and rumor and too often those
>stories get passed around without any checking.  I've gotten stories with a
>Reuters byline that, when I checked with Reuters, were total fabrications.
>  When you get a story passed to you that seems pretty exciting, DOUBLE CHECK
>IT FIRST.  If it has the byline of a news service, check with the service.
>If not, go to people in the story, or who would know for certain if the
>story was true or not.  Besides the fact that it will save you embarassment
>if the story is false, it helps maintain the reputation of the GWL.   And it
>looks pretty silly if a list devoted to writers isn't careful enough to
>check facts before publication.
>  Most importantly, if there is a repeat of this kind of thing, I would have
>to make this a moderated list, so that nothing would be posted that wasn't
>checked first.  I don't want to do it that way, since I believe in the
>ability of the group to do the right thing, but if I must, I will.
>  Also, as list owner, I'm more or less responsible for what goes on the list
>and I prefer not to have to deal with angry people when something incorrect
>is posted.
>
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