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June	23
2006

Ms Toynbee again

» Posted on June 23, 2006 10:11 AM » Category: Buffoons

Today's Guardian contains this correction:

In a column headed Britain is smiling, but it looks daggers at Labour, page 31, June 20, we accurately reported a blog posting by Janan Ganesh but incorrectly attributed to him the heading on the blog: "Let the Sudanese die - it's none of our business". The heading was not written by Mr Ganesh.

It's better than nothing.

But.

I wrote to Polly Toynbee on Wednesday, pointing out her mistake. Although I can't publish directly from our correspondence, I can say that the gist is that, even though she accepted the fact that Mr Ganesh did not write the words she attributed to him, she would not accept that she owed him an apology, because the words were a good characterisation of his views.

It is simply astounding that one of the country's leading columnists cannot see that there is anything wrong with attributing words to someone which they did not utter.

I am sure she would have something to say were I to quote her thus:

"I happily misquote those with whom I disagree, because accuracy is the preserve of the pedant. What matters is that I have free rein to say what I want. Other people's reputations count for nothing."

She didn't say any of that, of course. But it appears to be an accurate reflection of her view. So as far as she seems to be concerned, it's perfectly ok to put quotation marks around words which weren't said.

Is it any wonder that the Guardian is so distorted in its reporting, if that's the standard of one of its leading writers?

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Except of course, Stephen, Ms T would not say that: she would use the word "Pendant".

;-)

Stated by: The Pedant-General on June 23, 2006 11:18 AM

Oy, oy, no nicking my hard won in battle title!

Stated by: Tim Worstall on June 23, 2006 11:27 AM

There's a strange phenomenon gripping the US at the moment: the 'Toynbee Plaques'.

The plaques are cryptic messages pressed onto streets in Philadelphia, New York, Washington, D.C., and even as far away as Buenos Aires, Argentina, and Santiago, Chile. The news report is the here:
http://suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-plaques19.html

And the official web site of the 'Toynbee Plaques' is www.toynbee.net

She's taking over the world.

Stated by: The Daily Pundit on June 23, 2006 9:55 PM

Whenever I feel the need to raise my bloodpressure
Polly's pieces are always my first port of call.
The positive spin she can put on even the dodgiest Goverment statistics is miraculous.

Stated by: RAB on June 24, 2006 3:45 PM

>It is simply astounding that one of the country's leading columnists
>cannot see that there is anything wrong with attributing words to
>someone which they did not utter.

Hmm...Emma Brockes, anyone?

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