Nick Sylvester Quits Pitchfork over Voice Scandal
NICK READING FROM THE NEW YORKER (more here)
“After being suspended from the Village Voice for writing a fabricated cover story this week, Nick Sylvester has just been forced to quit his other job as associate editor at Pitchfork Media.” [Gothamist]
I’ve been waiting to post on this because I feel like the whole Voice thing is Nick getting in trouble for being Nick. He’s not stupid (except for thinking that everyone was laughing with him) – OBVIOUSLY writing you were with real people when you weren’t can be proven false. He was writing fiction. The Voice should have had a disclaimer. I blame them more than him. Of course I believe in journalistic integrity – I’m just saying that nothing Nick writes seems true – why would this story be any different?
I tried to email Nick at Pitchfork last night. I wanted to hear what he had to say. My email kept coming back as “undeliverable”. Now I know why. I’m a little in shock over the Pitchfork thing.
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Previously
Weird But True: Nick Sylvester Reading Hour @ The Plugs
Deerhoof @ Bowery Ballroom & the Byrne-Bowie-Reed factor
Thank You Village Voice | Best of NYC 2005
