Mr. Keller’s statement is oh, so very convenient. His paper is awash in red ink, circulation losses, page-size and staff cuts, and its stock price has halved. If asked, I bet he’d say that this is the result of holding stories until they can be vetted carefully, thus the Holy Times is heroically nailing itself to the cross of accuracy in order to save all the lesser beings from themselves.
It’s just sooooo convenient!
It COULDN’T POSSIBLY be that the world is growing tired of his tired old arrogant institution and time is passing it by. Oh no, perish the thought! It’s just their own high standards that are doing them in.
Just let George Bush try an argument like that on the Times, though (say, about Iraq) and you will not see him get very far.
They. Just. Don’t. Get. It.
