Comments on: Google Counsel: Misquoted http://gigaom.com/2006/03/17/google-counsel-misquoted/ Sat, 11 Feb 2012 06:01:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Om Malik http://gigaom.com/2006/03/17/google-counsel-misquoted/#comment-116065 Mon, 20 Mar 2006 15:09:34 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/03/17/google-counsel-misquoted/#comment-116065 thanks victor. clearly, when you are wrong you are just wrong. and that includes linking to someone who is wrong.

i have always tried to use the same rules of engagement on the blog as i do in my journalist life. of course to not do that would mean disrespecting the readers who spend time here.

]]> By: Victor Blake http://gigaom.com/2006/03/17/google-counsel-misquoted/#comment-116064 Mon, 20 Mar 2006 14:30:51 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/03/17/google-counsel-misquoted/#comment-116064 I should have been more clear. I meant to say it’s rare to see corrections in the media and to thank you as we weren’t likely to see a correction made elsewhere.

]]> By: Victor Blake http://gigaom.com/2006/03/17/google-counsel-misquoted/#comment-116063 Mon, 20 Mar 2006 14:29:42 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/03/17/google-counsel-misquoted/#comment-116063 Agreed. Thanks for pointing out the facts Om. It’s rare. I doubt LR would do so.

]]> By: Emery Jeffreys http://gigaom.com/2006/03/17/google-counsel-misquoted/#comment-116062 Sat, 18 Mar 2006 17:47:20 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/03/17/google-counsel-misquoted/#comment-116062 I always use tape in an interview. I learned that tool back when UPI was a real news service. My bet is that the quote is reasonably accurate.

The best news quote I ever read was in the Wall Street Journal aand began like this … “I wouldn’t want to be quoted on this in the Wall Street Journal…

Nobel laureate Nadine Gordimer points out that the truth is always less than the facts.

]]> By: Steven Noble http://gigaom.com/2006/03/17/google-counsel-misquoted/#comment-116061 Fri, 17 Mar 2006 23:32:14 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/03/17/google-counsel-misquoted/#comment-116061 I think the rest of his quote is worth mentioning

Someone who saw the panel compared this bit of journalism to the story about the guy who is getting beat up by the goon squad for being a Communist. He says, “But I’m not a Communist, I’m an Anti-Communist.” The head goon says, “I don’t care what kind of Communist you are,” as they continue the beating.

It is also worth mentioning that on lightreading the paragraph following the quote mentions that he was attributing the ideas to others. However, the way those paragraphs are written in lightreading is certainly sensationalizing the episode and leads the reader to misinterpretation (particularly the title).

That said, kudos to Om for posting your mistake in such a transparent way. It is nice to see all the history of the mistake posted right in the blog entry so that checking it out is only a click away.

]]> By: Beef Jezos http://gigaom.com/2006/03/17/google-counsel-misquoted/#comment-116060 Fri, 17 Mar 2006 21:52:15 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/03/17/google-counsel-misquoted/#comment-116060 Sucks? What kind of an inarticulate poo-poo head talks like that?

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