WaPo Columnist Gets Month Off to Learn How to Use Twitter
In your to-the-point Tuesday media column: Mike Wise gets suspended, big layoffs at the Deseret News, CBS Evening News is in the dumps, and Nick Sylvester speaks.
- The Washington Post has suspended sports columnist Mike Wise for a month for his dumb Twitter prank, which seems fair.
- Wacky Utah paper the Deseret News is laying off more than 40% of its workforce. Or, if you prefer, they've "unveiled a plan to refocus the quality and reach of its product."
- Hey, CBS Evening News tied its all-time low in viewers again this past week. Let's keep that streak going, Katie! NBC is still interested in you!
- Nick Sylvester! Remember him? He's a young writer who once partially fabricated a cover story for the Village Voice, which was a big scandal around here back in 2006. Such innocent times! Anyhow, Nick Sylvester is finally discussing his feelings about that incident, in a little piece he did for Longshot Magazine. And here it is.