Watts article

[Malignd]

<<Despite Malign's hysterical allegations, it's not
unethical or nonprofessional for a journalist to
include direct quotes in an article without
attribution, it happens all the time in all kinds of
journalistic works, for many reasons. >>

The issue isn't direct quotes without attribution. 
It's quotes that are offered as direct that cannot
possibly be so, that one is forced by logic to
conclude are paraphrased.

What goes on in "all kinds of journalistic works" is
of little relevance.  This article celebrates itself
as a journey into the mind of a black ghetto yet, as
well as paraphrased quotes, it regularly breaks away
to offer thin and biased commentary, clearly a product
not of the mind of Watts, but the writer's own, on
LA's white culture; as well, its physical descriptions
of the neighborhood lack specificity; actual legwork
seems minimal.  A critical reader has reason and right
to question what exactly is being offered, including
whether the article is what it claims to be.  He
certainly has reason and right to be disappointed: 
lack of specificity equals lack of interest as do
broad and obvious social pronouncements.

Calling the piece a "remarkable, well-written social
document," as Otto does, doesn't make it such. Or, to
quote the man himself, "no argument given for this
opinion, thus worthless."





		
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