[Vision2020] Re: Vision2020 digest, Vol 1 #876 - 11 msgs

[Andreas Schou]

> It is rare that I find myself in total agreement with our friends from Christ 
> Church.  This is one of those occasions.  While there seems to be some 
> confusion about when or where the anonymous flyers appeared, the notion that the DN 
> relied on an unsigned document as a factual story basis is very disturbing.  I 
> know that some reporters from the DN read this list- serv - would any on them 
> care to share their side of the story with us?  If not, their credibility, it 
> seems to me, is in a much more vulnerable position that Doug Wilson's.  At 
> least, to his credit, regardless of how unpopular or (in my opinion, 
deliberately inflammatory) he is never ashamed or reluctant to sign his name.

The flyer, which is not quoted in the story, isn't quoted in the story, is it? If someone in the Daily News saw it posted and then decided to investigate, or was, for instance, informed through Vision 2020 -- which has a credibility about equivalent to anonymous flyers hanging on billboards -- would that constitute some sort of breach of journalistic ethics? The Daily News does have to get its information /somewhere/. Information is where you find it.

/Confirmation/, on the other hand, is not so easily found. And I do believe that Pastor Wilson & company have fairly thoroughly confirmed the facts of the story -- right?

-- ACS