http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2008/12/22/how_do_you_say_doh_in_frenc Comments On: How Do You Say "Doh!" in French? by Dan Savage en-us Copyright 2009 The Stranger. All rights reserved. This RSS file is offered to individuals, The Stranger readers, and non-commercial organizations only. Any commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact The Stranger. webmaster@thestranger.com (The Stranger Webmaster) Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:00:01 -0800 Tue, 24 Nov 2009 22:00:00 -0800 Foundation http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss
journalism schools don't teach reporting:

'I got the equivalent of Britain’s Pulitzer Prize for [my story investigating Tony Blair]. That’s because I didn’t know shit about journalism. If I had, I would’ve just made a few phone calls and written, “This guy said this,” and, “That guy alleged that,” and, “Who can say?”'

journalists aren't taught in school to fact check, investigate, think critically, or consider alternative explanations for lies told to them by marketers issuing press releases... or anything like it. why are we surprised when professional journalists fail to do these things?

nearly any blogger can do a better job of reporting than a journalism school graduate. and they're not necessarily dependent on advertiser dollars, the way all print media, nearly without exception, is today.

can't. wait.
Posted by happyhedonist]]> Tue, 23 Dec 2008 10:16:05 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Luke Baggins]]> Tue, 23 Dec 2008 07:55:30 -0800 The Stranger http://www.france-amerique.com/articles/…

originally reported here
Posted by lenerd]]> Mon, 22 Dec 2008 21:37:44 -0800 The Stranger God it's great to always be right.
Posted by Charles]]> Mon, 22 Dec 2008 20:57:41 -0800 The Stranger
Odd when the tabloids have higher journalistic standards than the NYT.
Posted by Occasional letter writer.]]> Mon, 22 Dec 2008 18:39:55 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Jean Francois]]> Mon, 22 Dec 2008 18:33:36 -0800 The Stranger D'oh! with an apostrophe.

As to the question at hand:

1. The French don't have a word expressing "D'oh!", as far as I know. The closest is perhaps "Zut!", or "Bon Dieu!", or "Suce mon cul!". Well, that last one isn't correct exactly.

2. It's not the French who would be exclaiming 'D'oh!', it is the NYTimes, since they are the ones who f*cked up.
Posted by treacle]]> Mon, 22 Dec 2008 16:55:24 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Balt-O-Matt]]> Mon, 22 Dec 2008 16:49:04 -0800 The Stranger Posted by roberto]]> Mon, 22 Dec 2008 15:54:48 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Balt-O-Matt]]> Mon, 22 Dec 2008 15:50:23 -0800 The Stranger The real sadness is that the Mayor of Paris, home of the French Revolution and Paris Commune didn't send the New York Times a letter about the Audacity of the American Aristocracy to claim everything that's not nailed down as their domain.


Posted by Viva Le Brie!]]> Mon, 22 Dec 2008 15:38:21 -0800 The Stranger Posted by jade]]> Mon, 22 Dec 2008 15:25:33 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Joe Truman-Roosevelt-Kennedy-Clinton-Carter IV]]> Mon, 22 Dec 2008 15:07:16 -0800 The Stranger Posted by PedestrianMe]]> Mon, 22 Dec 2008 15:00:21 -0800 The Stranger