I ♥ Chomsky

http://www.chomsky.info/whatsnew.htm

MediaLens media alert, Smearing Chomsky -- The Guardian Backs Down (November 21, 2005). An excerpt:

On November 4, we published a Media Alert, 'Smearing Chomsky', detailing the Guardian's October 31 interview with Noam Chomsky by Emma Brockes. The alert produced the biggest ever response from Media Lens readers - many hundreds of emails were sent to the newspaper.

The Guardian has since published a "correction and clarification" in regard to Brockes' piece by ombudsman Ian Mayes, which we discuss below ('Corrections and clarifications. The Guardian and Noam Chomsky,' The Guardian, November 17, 2005; http://www.guardian.co.uk/corrections/story/0,,1644017,00.html) The Guardian editor has also sent a form letter advising of the paper's retraction and apology.

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It is clear that the Guardian's distortions were so obvious on this occasion -- and so obviously damaging to its reputation - that the editors felt obliged to respond seriously to complaints. We are willing to accept the Guardian claim that Mayes - who deserves real credit for the newspaper's apology - would have published his correction if just Chomsky had complained. But the editor's additional reply to readers clearly suggests that mass public engagement +did+ raise the issue to a higher level of seriousness within the Guardian. For example, a number of correspondents wrote to the editor saying they had been buying the paper for many years - sometimes as long as 30 or 40 years - and would not be doing so again. This is something the Guardian could ill afford to ignore - a point well worth reflecting on for all who aspire to a more honest and democratic media.