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Rent-an-expert... any flavor you want Posted by Pile (7630 views) [E-Mail link] [Dubious Research] [Media] New York Times ombudsman Daniel Okrent has critiqued the practice by his newspaper and others of relying on information from "expert analysts" without informing readers that many of the experts represent the interests of their financial sponsors. "Bad reporters find experts by calling up university press relations officials or brokerage research departments and saying, in effect, 'Gimme an expert,'" he writes. "Really bad reporters, paradoxically, work a little harder: knowing the conclusions they want to arrive at, they seek out experts who just happen to agree with them.     Comments   Name: (change name for anonymous posting) Title: Comments:     1 Article displayed.

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