Crap Filter Journalism Watch!
11 January 2006 :: By Matt Little
Posted earlier, referring to the reveal that JT Leroy and James Frey are truth-fudgers, on Yahoo! News:
But when two high-profile, film-friendly authors — James Frey and JT LeRoy — were exposed this week for possibly conning the public about their identities and the details of their work, industryites found themselves in the uncomfortable position of answering questions about how several projects based on now-suspect books might be affected.
Industryites, eh? I’m interested to hear what other Journalisters have to say about this exciting new verbiage.
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January 11th, 2006 at 1:09 pm
I always approve of creative grammar and new words. Good job Yahoo!
January 11th, 2006 at 1:53 pm
Yes, if you read Variety they are constantly using slanguage for their headlines. Here is a listing of the terms:
http://www.variety.com/index.asp?layout=slanguage
January 11th, 2006 at 3:49 pm
Check it out! Random house is offering refunds baby!
http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/books/01/11/arts.frey.reut/
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001842024
January 11th, 2006 at 3:50 pm
Yes, always knew about that, except Variety isn’t journalism.
January 11th, 2006 at 3:53 pm
How is Variety not journalism?
jour·nal·ism
Pronunciation Key (jûrn-lzm)
n.
1. The collecting, writing, editing, and presenting of news or news articles in newspapers and magazines and in radio and television broadcasts.
2. Material written for publication in a newspaper or magazine or for broadcast.
3. The style of writing characteristic of material in newspapers and magazines, consisting of direct presentation of facts or occurrences with little attempt at analysis or interpretation.
4. Newspapers and magazines.
5. An academic course training students in journalism.
6. Written material of current interest or wide popular appeal.
January 11th, 2006 at 5:08 pm
Nice satire on this;
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/11/opinion/11carvell.html
January 12th, 2006 at 9:59 am
Somebody should burn Variety to the ground for their made-up words.
January 12th, 2006 at 11:34 am
Justin, I was being snarky, you dumbass.