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Detroit Free Press "covers" CEO's speech (but he's out sick)
Poynter Online ^
| August 31, 2007
| Jim Romenesko
Posted on 08/31/2007 9:16:57 AM PDT by abb
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Huh?
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posted on
08/31/2007 9:16:59 AM PDT
by
abb
To: 04-Bravo; aimhigh; andyandval; Arizona Carolyn; backhoe; Bahbah; bert; bilhosty; Caipirabob; ...
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posted on
08/31/2007 9:17:53 AM PDT
by
abb
(The Dinosaur Media: A One-Way Medium in a Two-Way World)
To: abb
Duh. The mistake was made because the article was already written ahead of time. They knew the agenda—because it was given to them—and they had a copy of the speech. What they didn’t have was an update from the event organizers that things had changed from the template...
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posted on
08/31/2007 9:20:41 AM PDT
by
pgyanke
(Duncan Hunter 08--You want to elect a conservative? Then support a conservative!)
To: abb
It is so good to know that some highly-paid reporter actually went out and reported on what he saw.
And it's also good to know that some highly-paid editor at the Detroit Free Press used his carefully-trained and highly-developed journalistic sense to ensure that the readers of the Detroit Free Press got a story that was accurate.
/sarcasm
To: abb
To: abb
Did Jayson Blair finally find a job, at Detroit Free Press?
To: abb
You’d think the Free Press would have learned it’s lesson after Mitch Albom pulled the same thing a year or two ago.
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posted on
08/31/2007 9:23:29 AM PDT
by
gdani
To: abb; All
Did you catch the Detroit Free Press web banner?
"freep.com!! I did a double-take when I saw it. ROFL!
To: abb
We calls ‘em the way we sees ‘em, and if we don’t see ‘em, we make ‘em up.
-MSM
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posted on
08/31/2007 9:26:45 AM PDT
by
Obadiah
(Nothing says, "Get off my lawn" like the inscription of a claymore - THIS SIDE TOWARDS THE ENEMY.)
To: Obadiah
News is what your editor says it is unless the publisher says it isn’t.
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posted on
08/31/2007 9:27:55 AM PDT
by
abb
(The Dinosaur Media: A One-Way Medium in a Two-Way World)
To: abb
I read about something similar in David Brinkley’s memoir book. When he was a young reporter, he was supposed to cover some event, but couldn’t get there in person for some reason. So he wrote up a story using general background information about the event and the organization. I think this is common practice in the news business, to “fill in the gaps” so to speak, when they lack the specifics they are looking for. And it’s nothing new.
To: Dilbert San Diego
And its nothing new That's precisely the point. They've been making up stuff for years.
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posted on
08/31/2007 9:41:13 AM PDT
by
abb
(The Dinosaur Media: A One-Way Medium in a Two-Way World)
To: Obadiah
and if we dont see em, we make em upI just read McCollough's book about the Johnstown flood. Even back in the 1800's, reporters were making up stories and sending them back to their home papers. Why was I surprised.
To: pgyanke
The mistake was made because the article was already written ahead of time.
Must have been written by the liberal twit Mitch Albom......
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posted on
08/31/2007 9:48:07 AM PDT
by
Hot Tabasco
(A broken heart is one thing but I can't live with a broken truck.......)
To: abb
Well, it’s Gannett owned so you can’t expect much. Since the joint operating agreement to include the Detroit News happened, the dinosaur papers are garbage here.
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posted on
08/31/2007 9:53:11 AM PDT
by
Westlander
(Unleash the Neutron Bomb)
To: abb; Liz; george76
Is Jason Blair now working for this fishwrap?
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posted on
08/31/2007 9:54:17 AM PDT
by
Grampa Dave
(Donate to Vets For Freedom: http://www.vetsforfreedom.org/)
To: Grampa Dave
Don’t be so unreasonable, huh-—after all, the little jerk Jayson has to work SOMEWHERE (snicker).
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posted on
08/31/2007 10:28:49 AM PDT
by
Liz
(It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong. Voltaire)
To: Liz
Jayson is probably ghost writing a lot of the DNC hate GW bs.
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posted on
08/31/2007 10:36:02 AM PDT
by
Grampa Dave
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To: Grampa Dave
Now you got me wondering-—what is the ding-dong journo doing now?
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posted on
08/31/2007 10:58:45 AM PDT
by
Liz
(It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong. Voltaire)
To: abb
Typical journalist lies as they always do.
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posted on
08/31/2007 11:19:53 AM PDT
by
YOUGOTIT
(The Greatest Threat to our Security is the US Senate)
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