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October 2007 - Posts

Monday, October 22, 2007 5:29 PM

Columnist: This Idea Should Have Died at 'Spitball Stage'

Connie Coyne writes in The Salt Lake Tribune that the The Commercial Appeal's attempt to monetize content was a big "oops" in the world of journalistic "stinkers":"Hold on to your seats. The Memphis newspaper wanted to monetize the content of news stories
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Wednesday, October 17, 2007 4:35 AM

The Bigger They Are, the Harder They ... What?

Ed Wasserman writes in The Miami Herald that recent lapses by The New York Times Sunday Magazine and CBS News reveal dangerous arrogance:"Why is it that the mightier the news organization, the likelier it will stand by ethical blunders that would shame
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Monday, October 15, 2007 4:12 AM

Speaking too much of one's mind

Is it OK for a technology reporter in San Jose to call for the mayor of Oakland to resign? (http://www.eastbayexpress.com/2007-10-10/news/a-misdirected-missive/full) Does such a campaign cross from impartiality, a fundamental for reporters, to advocacy?
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Tuesday, October 09, 2007 2:12 AM

NY Times Tech Columnist 'Manipulated'

After a phone-service provider gives him bad numbers, David Pogue comes clean with readers:"I'm not exactly sure how the problem could have been avoided—in 20 years of reviewing tech products, nobody has ever deliberately misled me on hard facts like
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