New York Post makes humiliating apology to Jonas Brothers (reporter, electronic, house)

[celticvisa]

On October 24th, 2011 the New York Post ran an absurd little blurb on p.14 claiming that the Jonas Brothers were keeping teenage Asian performers in illegal and dangerous rooms above their studio in Manhattan.

The "reporter" also claimed that these girls had made millions of dollars for the Jonas Brothers but were being housed like "illegal immigrants on a work farm."

The only problem: 1) The Jonas Brothers don't own a studio in Manhattan,


2) The girls are not teenagers



3) These girls have not
made much, if any, money for the Jonas Brothers.

So how do experienced newspeople make this kind of mistake?

Obviously, no mistake was made. False statements seem to have been deliberately printed in the Post.

So the Post issued a retraction that also contained a false statement.

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/jonas_brothers_correction_6yLuNa2NbpgG5rifmk9moJ

The Post wrote that they were mistaken and that a foreign company called JYPE is being investigated.

Wrong. In the previous blurb the reporter quotes inspectors as saying the girls lived "like illegal immigrants etc." This clearly indicates the investigation is over.

Indeed, JYP Entertainment has been investigated and the City has determined that their building contains illegal and dangerous rooms.

http://a810-bisweb.nyc.gov/bisweb/PropertyProfileOverviewServlet?boro=1&houseno=110& street=e.+31st&requestid=0&s=A03C41B885B461E4F46BD 08866A7430E

Why is the Post going out of its way to apparently cover up for this shady foreign company?

First they claimed the Jonas Brothers were the guilty party and then they refused to admit that the Korean entertainment company has been found guilty of keeping young performers in firetraps.

How can anyone trust a "newspaper" like this? This is just a disgraceful display of journalism that even high school journalists don't resort to.

[nightcrawler]

and we would be interested in "The Jonas Brothers" because??????????????????????????????????????????? ??????????????????????????????

I have more interest for the rock out in front of my office building.

[barkomatic]

The Post has been an hideously biased newspaper for awhile. They could care less about accuracy if they are up against a deadline to get a sensational article in. Just go to their online website and read some of the opinion posts at the end of the "articles" and you'll get an idea as to the average intelligence level of the regular readership.

[celticvisa]

I don't even understand.

[wordlife]

The quality of their journalists is equal to the amount of illiteracy found in their readership.

[NooYowkur81]

It's the New York Post. What do you expect?

[Mr. Klato]

Why would you read a newspaper? I get all my news online for FREE.

[celticvisa]

They moved this thread out of New york City to the celebrity section :P

[raubre]

Originally Posted by celticvisa

I don't even understand.

The same reason people by the National Enquirer. Whatever that may be....

[raubre]

Originally Posted by Sith Klato

Why would you read a newspaper? I get all my news online for FREE.

Some people like to actually be able to read a newspaper as opposed tp an electronic device. Just a preference. I subscribe to Spin Magazine and would rather have the magazine