It was the most heart-rending and humiliating botch of a life-and-death story in modern memory, yet most journalists, naturally, aren't blaming themselves. In his 15 years as editor of the New Orleans Times-Picayune, Jim Amoss never shed his journalistic objectivity -- until now. He has become...... -
Mine Disaster's Terrible Irony: A Failure to Look Deeper
It was the most heart-rending and humiliating botch of a life-and-death story in modern memory, yet most journalists, naturally, aren't blaming themselves. In his 15 years as editor of the New Orleans Times-Picayune, Jim Amoss never shed his journalistic objectivity -- until now. He has become......-
By Howard Kurtz