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| Burned body in Brooklyn -- and a report gaffe |
| 2003-07-08 |
| OT and severely edited, but I had to post because it's the NYTimes (again) and, in my opinion, it continues to demonstrate the quality of their reporting... She recently had a pedicure. Her teeth were pristine. She had not taken drugs and had no criminal record. Those facts, along with a haunting sterling silver pendant depicting a blazing sun, are among the few clues the police have to solve the mysterious killing of a young woman. Her nearly naked body was set ablaze on May 7 outside an auto repair shop on a desolate block in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, the police said yesterday. SNIP Here's the part that irks me, with respect to a Mr. Edwin Negron identified earlier in the article who lives nearby: Mr. Negron said the killing has him concerned for his family. "It's sad," he said. "It could be me; it could be my sister." Now, he said, he has asked his wife to call him when she leaves their church on 47th Street after dark so he can meet her on the corner of their block. Now, knowing the Rantburger crowd and mindset somewhat, I ask you would you want some ignorant reporter publishing your name, relative location, and security measures in a widely circulated newspaper--with global Internet availability to boot? Nothing like broadcasting to the world that you're scared, that your wife leaves her church on 47th Street after dark, and she will likely be alone until she reaches the block she lives on. A quick drive through the neighborhood, identified in the story, and perhaps a peek in the phone book would give any would-be assailant all the info he needs to know. If I were the guy in the article, I would be mad as hell that 1.) I told an idiot reporter of my fears and security measures, and 2.) that said idiot reporter published it all! Am I being overly critical? |
| Posted by:Dar |