I'm a lurker on this site, but I just got a little bit involved when I read a mistake in a NY Times article about Tenet and Bush being pals. I wrote a quick email to public@nytimes.com and got a good response. Note that he didn't comment on my aside about Judith Miller... anyway, I'm sure Bush would love voters to think he's not New England-born, but this once it got stopped.
At 02:22 PM 6/3/2004, I wrote:
Tenet & Bush
This article states that Bush is "Texas-born" but he was born in CT.
Keep doggin' Judith Miller. It doesn't matter what prizes she has won in the past because she ran irresponsible articles on WMD, and the truth needs to be told.
Especially on the front page.
Joel Patterson,
Cambridge, MA
Dear Mr. Patterson,
Thanks for the heads-up.
I alerted NYTimes.com and noted the mistake to the appropriate editors in the hope that a piece in the paper tomorrow doesn't repeat it.
Cheers,
Arthur Bovino
Office of the Public Editor