el Pingo.
Verrrry interesting.
Moderator.... Perhaps this should be in breaking.
One of your earlier catches...
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1495758/posts
Time Editor Plans Book on Sources (Norman Pearlstine)
Dateline Alabama.com ^ | Oct. 3, 2005 | ap
Posted on 10/03/2005 9:13:15 AM PDT by blogblogginaway
Time Inc. editor in chief Norman Pearlstine, who made the controversial choice last summer to turn over the notes of a reporter threatened with jail for refusing to identify a source, is writing a book about anonymous sources.
"Off the Record" is scheduled to be published by Nan A. Talese, an imprint of Doubleday, in 2007.
In a decision that brought criticism from his peers in journalism, Pearlstine agreed to comply with a court order to turn over notes by Time reporter Matt Cooper. They were sought by a special federal prosecutor investigating who in the Bush administration leaked the identity of CIA officer Valerie Plame, a possible federal crime.
"The Valerie Plame case led to the most difficult decision I have had to make in my 37 years working as an editor and reporter," Pearlstine said in a statement issued Monday by Doubleday.
"But it taught me a lot about how anonymous and confidential sources have been used and misused, leading to some of our best and worst journalism. The professional and personal reflections that prefaced my decision also gave me insights into the standards and guidelines needed to help restore journalism and the publics faith in it."
(Excerpt) Read more at tuscaloosanews.com ...
No doubt the search is on for someone worse to replace him.
So, while the MSM is all a twitter about CIA WH leaks, in the meantime, it appears with Miller debacle, and possibly this, the law of unintended consequences is kicking in.
Think this important? This ain't nothin'. The much bigger news is the investigation of Time Inc's circulation practices. (see http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/050923/time_inc_circulation.html?.v=4).
Their liability here runs into the BILLIONS. They've been cheating the advertising community for years, all while playing a holier than thou game with other publishers. 1 out of every 4 or 5 dollars spent on print advertising in the United States goes through Time Ince, and they are a truly evil empire. I know... I'm in that business.
I would love nothing better than to see this left wing monopoly taken down.
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