- - - - - - 1 It's brilliant that Frank posts the full audio of his interview online, as editors at New Scientist edited this quote for space and lost a lot of its nuance and meaning in the process, ending up with: "I didn't say that technology rots the brain; I would never make a value judgement".
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Then Mr. Garodnick "replied in a tone of voice that clearly thought I was insane," Mr. Kimball-Stanley said, "and I had to unhappily edit the quote".
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There's a consensus that allowing subjects the power to edit quotes violates good journalistic practice but no clear conclusion on the ethics of post-interview permitting inclusion or exclusion of the entire quote.
Our Thoughts on the Business of Life editor, who relishes suggestions from readers, says she discovered the Ruskin citation on p. 287 of And I Quote, edited by Ashton Applewhite, William R. Evans and Andrew Frothingham (St. Martin's Press, 1992).-ED.
Another psychologist, Dr. Petra Boynton, spoke out today regarding the pressure put on psychologists by the media to produce quotes that fit their existing narratives and prejudices (quotes edited for reuse here with her permission): "Three journalists from three separate media outlets have rung this morning wanting me to comment on the Newtown shootings.
"The Beautiful Cassandra," by Jane Austen; afterword by Claudia L. Johnson; artwork by Leon Steinmetz (Princeton); "Treatise on Modern Stimulants," by Honore de Balzac; translated by Kassy Hayden (Wakefield) ; "The Daily Charles Dickens: A Year of Quotes," edited by James R. Kincaid (Chicago).
