FISA: More Than You Want to Know - Swampland - TIME
In which TIME’s Joe Klein admits the article he published about the FISA bill was probably clueless. But what the hell — it’s not important anyway (though important enough to write an article in the first place). He protests that he doesn’t have the time or skills to determine the facts, which his readers happily hand-feed him, along with his hat.
It’s almost as if the bill’s authors had written as if for a 5th grade reader, "Nothing in this bill shall ever be construed to require a court order to conduct foreign intelligence operations. Cut the crap, Klein."
So I guess the question for TIME is, what do you do when a reporter or editor gets it wrong? Do you shrug and move on? Or do you issue a correction and/or pink slip when the reporter or editor refuses to get it right?
Does TIME have any journalistic credibility left, or is it destined to be another vapid wall of fog along with Faux News in the national bastion of shame?
