horrible, horrible "journalism"
The AJC has sunk to a new low today. If you can stomach reading yellow, tabloid "journalism" in a newspaper that claims to have credibility, try this article on for size.
In a nutshell: last month, an Alpharetta couple sued their psychiatrist, claiming that he deliberately tried to derail their marriage because he was hitting on the wife. The article goes into great detail about how exactly he supposedly did this, interviewing the couple's lawyer. The psychiatrist, who moved to New York two years ago, denies everything -- and not through a lawyer.
The whole thing is "She said - he said" with no evidence of anything whatsoever beyond the couple's allegations in the lawsuit, and yet the AJC, that bastion of great reporting, flagship of the mighty Cox Enterprises, leads with it on the main page of its website and fronts it on the Metro section of the print edition. How did this get past the editor? Why on Earth would this article even be written in the first place? What are they teaching in journalism school these days?
What a pathetic display by what was once a great newspaper. It's no wonder its subscription base has dried up. Why lead with the fallout from the end of the session of the General Assembly, which directly affects the lives of every Georgian, and especially every Atlantan (and even those OTP, who the AJC now panders to) with the demise of any transportation fix? Why talk about how Lake Allatoona is now above its usual summer levels or how Lake Lanier has gained six feet?
My family actually knows the psychiatrist being accused (though it was from a very long time ago), so maybe I'm a little more pissed off than I otherwise would be. I probably wouldn't have read the article past the second graf otherwise. That doesn't change my point: This is nothing but tabloid fodder based on a month-old lawsuit without any evidence beyond one couple's accusation about something that happened years ago.
In a nutshell: last month, an Alpharetta couple sued their psychiatrist, claiming that he deliberately tried to derail their marriage because he was hitting on the wife. The article goes into great detail about how exactly he supposedly did this, interviewing the couple's lawyer. The psychiatrist, who moved to New York two years ago, denies everything -- and not through a lawyer.
The whole thing is "She said - he said" with no evidence of anything whatsoever beyond the couple's allegations in the lawsuit, and yet the AJC, that bastion of great reporting, flagship of the mighty Cox Enterprises, leads with it on the main page of its website and fronts it on the Metro section of the print edition. How did this get past the editor? Why on Earth would this article even be written in the first place? What are they teaching in journalism school these days?
What a pathetic display by what was once a great newspaper. It's no wonder its subscription base has dried up. Why lead with the fallout from the end of the session of the General Assembly, which directly affects the lives of every Georgian, and especially every Atlantan (and even those OTP, who the AJC now panders to) with the demise of any transportation fix? Why talk about how Lake Allatoona is now above its usual summer levels or how Lake Lanier has gained six feet?
My family actually knows the psychiatrist being accused (though it was from a very long time ago), so maybe I'm a little more pissed off than I otherwise would be. I probably wouldn't have read the article past the second graf otherwise. That doesn't change my point: This is nothing but tabloid fodder based on a month-old lawsuit without any evidence beyond one couple's accusation about something that happened years ago.