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Fox Business Network Reminded to Cover Business Once in a While
Hamilton Nolan · 10/18/11 02:15PMHostage-Takers Are Calling Blogs Now
John Cook · 10/17/11 04:19PMZachary Quinto Inspires ABC News Anchor to Come Out on Air
Brian Moylan · 10/17/11 03:44PMMichael Wolff Finally, Officially, Seriously Done at Adweek
Hamilton Nolan · 10/17/11 01:28PMJill Abramson Vows to Manage Newsroom Like Dogs
Hamilton Nolan · 10/17/11 11:57AMThe Global Newspaper Industry Declines
Hamilton Nolan · 10/14/11 02:46PMYour Fascination With Your Dog Is an Embarrassment (To You)
Hamilton Nolan · 10/14/11 11:57AM
Let's say you're a woman who's worked hard, climbed the ladder, and risen to the very pinnacle of your profession—a historic achievement. You're taken seriously as a writer, a thinker, and a boss; you alone have the power to set the agenda for how many of our most important issues are covered by the national and international media. You have made it. Why—hypothetically speaking—would you not shut up about your stupid dog?
How the Bush Administration Got Reporters to Stop Writing So Many 'Bodybag' Stories From Iraq
John Cook · 10/14/11 11:27AM
Public relations is about "relationships." Flacks develop "relationships" with reporters by calling them and yelling at them until the reporters start to realize, before they write something, that an unpleasant conversation might ensue. So they start to be...more careful. We recently came across an internal email written by Daniel Senor, the former spokesman for the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq, that summed up the dynamic in crystalline fashion.
Politico Gets Its Very Own Plagiarism Scandal
Hamilton Nolan · 10/14/11 09:00AMEritrea's a Terrible Place for Journalists, Too
Hamilton Nolan · 10/13/11 02:08PMABC News Chief Tells His Reporters to Turn a Terror Threat Story Into a 'Thriller'
John Cook · 10/13/11 01:58PM
ABC News president Ben Sherwood is a notorious social climber and horrible self-help writer whose detractors call him "the Draco Malfoy of broadcast news." When he took over the news division last year, some at the network worried that he was more of a "Hollywood Guy" than a "News Guy." How Hollywood? Last month he told his staff in a morning conference call to stop reporting news of a potential terror plot timed to the 9/11 anniversary in such a "measured way" and to "turn this into a thriller."
New York Times Asks For More Newsroom Buyouts
Hamilton Nolan · 10/13/11 10:33AMPhoto Caption Writer Goes Rogue
Matt Cherette · 10/13/11 02:37AM
Canada's Globe and Mail puts up a gallery of photos every week featuring red carpet pics of the rich and famous accompanied by generic captions. But not tonight! It seems a frustrated writer decided to stick it to the 1% by rewriting the captions to poke fun of the celebs, sprinkling in photos from Occupy Wall Street to show support for the protests.
Tom Friedman Does Not Know What's Happening Here
Hamilton Nolan · 10/12/11 02:29PMDirty Tricks at The Wall Street Journal in Europe
Hamilton Nolan · 10/12/11 01:26PMNews Corp Back to Shrugging Off Public Opinion
Hamilton Nolan · 10/11/11 01:41PMWho Broke the Speaking Rules at the New York Times?
Hamilton Nolan · 10/11/11 08:54AM
New York Times ethics cop Phil Corbett just sent out the following memo to the newsroom, reminding them about the paper's rules for paid speaking engagements. (Thomas Friedman, among others, has had trouble with this in the past.) An NYT source says "they don't send these reminders out unless someone breaks the rules or screws up." So who was it? Email me if you know.
Would Sean Hannity Ever Leave Fox Voluntarily?
Hamilton Nolan · 10/10/11 01:51PMConservative Writer 'Boldly' Infiltrates D.C. Protest Group
Lauri Apple · 10/09/11 03:36PM
In reading The American Spectator, the top-shelf, right-wing magazine, you might have spotted the byline of assistant editor Patrick Howley. Yesterday Intrepid Patrick joined up with anti-war protesters at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum not only to write about the goings-on but also—and this is the best part—"to mock and undermine" the protesters, as he admitted in his eventual report.