automotive editorial standards

[Livolsi, Stephane]

Playing devil's advocate, which I love to do...

I don't blame the editor at all as he can't be an expert in all
subjects, but he should expect his reporters to know what they are
writing about.  The editor might review a story on the new Audi, another
about nuclear fission, another about the best vegetables to plant in the
northwest.  He shouldn't be expected to know if any info is incorrect,
but he should be able to trust that his reporters understood what they
were writing about.

.02

Stephane


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kent McLean [mailto:kentmclean at mindspring.com] 
> Sent: January 29, 2004 5:08 AM
> To: quattro at audifans.com
> Subject: Re: automotive editorial standards
> 
> 
> Cobram wrote:
> > Sure enough, next Sundays
> > Auto supplement had a 1/4 page article with  a picture of the open
> hooded
> > truck and all the "facts" about how advanced the Studebaker was for
> it's
> > day.
> 
> You can blame the naive reporter, but the real
> blame lies with the seasoned (?) editor, who let
> it slip through that way.  Keep the reporter, as
> he/she was just reporting, albeit poorly. Fire the
> editor, as he/she wasn't doing his/her job.
> 
> Kent
> 
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