tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486244714643027014.post8943413440898325863..comments2024-03-24T23:57:28.687-07:00Comments on Undercover Black Man: MBP of the Week: Chicago TribuneUndercover Black Manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08704721024820668555noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486244714643027014.post-10483330460699697692007-02-20T14:39:00.000-08:002007-02-20T14:39:00.000-08:00sorry, I meant to say that the police issued a sta...sorry, I meant to say that the police issued a statement describing the man as resembling Ice Cube, and the news ran with it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486244714643027014.post-14851506369229284242007-02-20T14:37:00.000-08:002007-02-20T14:37:00.000-08:00This reminds of another incident that occured in C...This reminds of another incident that occured in Chicago (call it poorly described black man). There was a rapist in (I believe) the summer of 2002 that the local news described as "resembling the rapper Ice Cube". Unfortunately, Cube was in town at the time and it rightfully pissed him off.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486244714643027014.post-37056785012763422322007-02-17T02:30:00.000-08:002007-02-17T02:30:00.000-08:00Good to know that occasionally even white people a...Good to know that occasionally even <A HREF="http://www.boingboing.net/2007/02/16/nyt_slayer_fans_rock.html" REL="nofollow">white people are confusing</A>.billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16116980864333670109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486244714643027014.post-52198207264995267842007-02-15T08:27:00.002-08:002007-02-15T08:27:00.002-08:00Ack, sorry about the double post! Don't know what...Ack, sorry about the double post! Don't know what happened there!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486244714643027014.post-720002998554142942007-02-15T08:27:00.001-08:002007-02-15T08:27:00.001-08:00I've done freelance work and had editors who chang...I've done freelance work and had editors who changed correct facts in my stories into incorrect ones based on what they "thought" was right. That sort of stupidity happens at all levels in the journalism biz, unfortunately. Once you turn in a story, what happens to it is frequently out of your control.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486244714643027014.post-49652233904018585732007-02-15T08:27:00.000-08:002007-02-15T08:27:00.000-08:00I've done freelance work and had editors who chang...I've done freelance work and had editors who changed correct facts in my stories into incorrect ones based on what they "thought" was right. That sort of stupidity happens at all levels in the journalism biz, unfortunately. Once you turn in a story, what happens to it is frequently out of your control.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486244714643027014.post-86028960756881894882007-02-15T00:53:00.000-08:002007-02-15T00:53:00.000-08:00Now, being a former newspaper man yourself David, ...Now, being a former newspaper man yourself David, if you were charged with completing a 50-paragraph feature on one guy, along with the requisite time and effort spent on research and interviews, how likely would this mis-identification would be a "mistake"?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486244714643027014.post-83658916684567292422007-02-14T13:01:00.000-08:002007-02-14T13:01:00.000-08:00Could be, Dez. I, for one, not being a big basketb...Could be, Dez. I, for one, not being a big basketball fan, wouldn't know Kevin Gamble from Adam.<BR/><BR/>But I would assume that the Tribune story (the print version anyway) also included a present-day photo of Gamble. The old NBA photo wasn't primary piece of art. Mightn't somebody, somewhere along the line in this process, have noticed that the old photo was wrong? Dee Brown and Kevin Gamble don't look very much alike to me. Different skin tones, etc.<BR/><BR/>It's the cumulative nature of these mistakes that interests me. Why does it seem to happen so often with black athletes, black actors, black politicians, and much less so... from my admittedly unscientifc Googling excursions... with whites?Undercover Black Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08704721024820668555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486244714643027014.post-81105637501552286552007-02-14T12:47:00.000-08:002007-02-14T12:47:00.000-08:00Just for the sake of argument, does it matter what...Just for the sake of argument, does it matter what ethnicity the person is who made the mistake? Suppose the person who archived the photo is the originator of the error, and that that person is black. Does that make any difference? I'm not trying to be a pill; I'm just curious.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com