Posted on 12/29/2009 2:45:41 PM PST by DJ MacWoW
The Society of Professional Journalists condemned NBC News for practicing "checkbook journalism" by chartering a jet that carried a New Jersey man involved in a bitter custody battle and his son home from Brazil.
David Goldman, who successfully fought the Brazilian family of his now-deceased ex-wife for custody of 9-year-old Sean, granted an interview to Meredith Vieira of NBC's "Today" show that aired Monday.
NBC said Goldman was booked for "Today" before the network invited him on the plane. The network had already arranged for the plane to bring its own employees home for Christmas, NBC News spokeswoman Lauren Kapp said. If NBC hadn't brought the Goldmans' home, one of its rivals would have, she said.
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The most amazing thing is finding out these “journalists” have any standards in the first place.
Anybody smell jealousy?
A group of whores calling one of their own a whore. What’s the point?
Any kindness done to that gentleman and his son is a GOOD thing, considering what they both have been through. That Braziilian family showed no love for the boy parading him through the gaggle of media.
There’s so many more egregious things that they could have slammed NBC for.
Yup. That’s the kicker. Slam them for a humanitarian act but not any skeevy ones.
Seems like this “jouranalist” group should have issues with more obvious media problems.
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I’ve never heard of The Society of Professional Journalists before, have you?
sounds like an Oxy-moron, doesnt it.
I don’t see a problem with this, the plane was coming anyway.
Yes. All sorts of crap is apparently ignored by them.
Newsies have integrity problems but this wasn’t one of them. I agree with BuckyKat in post 3, smells like jealousy.
Thanks for posting it.
David Goldman was on Greta’s show this evening, May 9, 2011.
I don’t have TV so I missed it.
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