tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8007635024151290238.post1955678291757152422..comments2023-08-19T06:19:28.990-04:00Comments on the nytpicker: Whoops! In Today's Jackie Chan Wedding Announcement, NYT Offers Hyperlink To Actor Jackie Chan.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8007635024151290238.post-71261139644820610952010-09-14T04:36:43.371-04:002010-09-14T04:36:43.371-04:00Tuesday, September 14, 2010
Did Cha Sa-soon really...Tuesday, September 14, 2010<br />Did Cha Sa-soon really take her driver's license test in South Korea 960 times before passing it over a five year period? No, she didn't take it 960 times. The New York Times got punked and read below to see why:<br /> <br />UPDATE:<br /><br />I found the smoking gun. The Korean police in cahoots with the Korean media set this story up for two years running so far, google it, it's all there, clear as day, and the Korean police refuse to release the official records of her, er, um, alleged 960 tests.... NOT TRUE. END OF STORY.<br />READERS OF THE NEW YORK TIMES GOT PUNKED BY SLOPPY EDITING.<br /><br />Maybe it's the Times editors fault to make the story too 'feel-good.' They were trying to explain why South Koreans in general were so fascinated by her story?<br /><br />Dear Friends at NYT Picker<br /><br />remember that NYTimes story a few weeks back in South<br />Korea, headlined "Trying and trying again (960 times) for a Driver's<br />License" about a 69 year old Korean lady who allegedly claims to have<br />tried to pass the test for her drivers license in the past 5 years for<br />959 times and finally PASSED IT on her 960th try. It made the news all<br />over the world, front pages and feature<br />sections and the entire blogosphere lit up.<br /><br />THING IS: what it true? Gumshoe media analysts want to know. Read on<br /><br />a recent article, from South Korea, about the Korean<br />woman who tried to get her driver's license at age 69 and and tried<br />960 times, according to the TIMES story, and of course the TIMES<br />always tries to tell the truth,......some pundits feel that the .story<br />was not FAKED, but EMBELLISHED, stretching the truth to get a better<br />story, sort of a PR story which hyped the Hyundai car company<br />which figures fairly big in the story. So question is:<br /><br />did the woman acutally really truly take the drivers license test 960<br />times? Does it matter? YES IT DOES. Why?<br />BEcause if the NYTIMES was stretching the truth to tell a good story<br />and the editors back in NYC bureau did not vet or<br />fact check the article, that is a black mark on the NYTIMES......which<br />i love, i always have loved the NYTIMES.<br /><br />but this 960 figure sounds FISH TO ME<br /><br />maybe she took the test dozens of times, maybe 150....but 960? WHO<br />AMONG US BELIEVES THIS?<br /><br />this story made Intl front pages and huge headlines and<br />blogsophere, but it might not be all completely TRUE i feel...<br /><br />The woman did take the test many times, but not 960 times,....... how does<br />anyone know that, nobody took notes.....i feel that<br />reporter got punked and foolded by the Korean police and the Korea media who pushed this story for national pride inside Korea, but he wrote this story to make it better.....and it did not<br />have to say 960 times, it could have had the same<br />impact by saying she took the test many times over a five year period<br />and never gave up....that;s cool...but the 960 times...and notice<br />96 is opposite of her age 69......and i wonder if the Times editors in<br />NYC at the foreign desk<br />vetted and factchecked this story. It sort of has the hands of the<br />Hyunda car company PR dept on it. read<br />the original story and report back to me ?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8007635024151290238.post-31946749310459415872010-09-13T11:17:00.421-04:002010-09-13T11:17:00.421-04:00A few weeks ago, a San Francisco story included a ...A few weeks ago, a San Francisco story included a waitress named Rachel Corrie. The Times gave the name a link, and of course it went to to the woman who was killed by an Israeli bulldozer.DeJordynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8007635024151290238.post-42763257669636031462010-09-13T07:45:53.418-04:002010-09-13T07:45:53.418-04:00I happen to know how this system works, and it is ...I happen to know how this system works, and it is automated. These kinds of mistakes happen fairly infrequently because they usually show up on pages where there is some context to the reference -- like Jackie Chan in the movies section would be a lot less ambiguous. Why they have this system on on weddings is beyond me, though.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8007635024151290238.post-52907493182651415952010-09-12T21:54:14.933-04:002010-09-12T21:54:14.933-04:00Possibly could be an automatic link. I.e., they h...Possibly could be an automatic link. I.e., they have a database of names that get auto-linked, and woe unto those whose names are also held by famous people.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08169008132642213854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8007635024151290238.post-70896063494878938512010-09-12T21:20:32.507-04:002010-09-12T21:20:32.507-04:00Still there at 9:19 p.m.Still there at 9:19 p.m.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com