A Commentary magazine editor is thoroughly unimpressed with New York Times Jerusalem bureau chief Jodi Rudoren’s defense of her coverage of Tuesday terrorist attacks in Jerusalem.
“The New York Times Jerusalem bureau chief has established a record of not just inaccurate reporting but the kind of mistakes that should never get through layers of editors and fact checkers,” Seth Mandel wrote Friday.
Mandel was referring to Rudoren telling the Washington Examiner Thursday that she believes much of the criticism the New York Times receives is from advocates rather than people interested in accurate reporting.
“Out of sheer pride, Rudoren will remain uninformed,” Mandel responded. “Rudoren is a firm believer in the single most toxic fallacy that bad reporters believe in. Namely, the idea that if both sides of an issue hate your writing, you must be doing something right. In fact, it often means you are doing a great deal wrong.
He added: “Rarely has a mainstream reporter embraced this kind of strident anti-intellectualism publicly, and even suggested that it forms the bedrock of their professional outlook.”
Mandel’s critique doesn’t end there:
You can see the rest of Mandel’s remarks here, and you can read the defense Rudoren gave the Washington Examiner for the New York Times’ coverage of recent events in Jerusalem.
