A recent CNN piece by Bush-era White House press secretary Ari Fleischer –referencing a New York Times article – suggests political journalists allowing sources to check quotes prior to publications represents a de facto capitulation by the media to entrenched political elites. Read more
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How long does slime last??
The industry calls it “lean finely textured beef”. The social media world has dubbed it “Pink Slime”…or did they? That phrase was actually coined by a federal microbiologist in 2002. It was first reported in a 2009 in a New York Times article. Read more
SUBJECTIVE OBJECTIVITY
Former New York Times economics reporter Peter Goodman’s explanation for leaving the eminent newspaper to join the Huffington Post (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/) raises interesting questions about (a) the past and future relationship between journalists and Subject Matter Experts, and (b) the lengths to which journalists have always gone to color their stories with some form of opinion. Read more