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POPSIraqi Feel-Good Stories Prove Elusive Garrett Therolf, LAT reporter, talks about his efforts to report on good news in Iraq when he was there earlier this year. The military prevented Therolf from following-up on the army's efforts to establish a local bank branch in a Sunni Arab neighborhood. The neighborhood was too dangerous for him to enter without military guard. Therolf also pursued a story about a restaurant in Baghdad started by some Chinese nationals. They declined to be interviewed because they were scared, and they may even go back to China because of the danger. For those of you who criticize the media for focusing on the negative in Iraq, this is something you should consider.
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POPSIf Murdoch buys WSJ, kiss its editorial independence goodbye Just last month, News Corp.'s Daily Telegraph, Sydney's largest newspaper, devoted more than half its front page to News Corp.'s own plan to lower carbon emissions. An accompanying editorial proclaimed that Mr. Murdoch "has never set a standard more worthy of following." Shown a copy of the Daily Telegraph stories, Mr. Murdoch laughed, and said, "I don't know anything about that. And we sure didn't do that in the Post, which I'm closest to." Asked if the Sydney paper's coverage that day was in effect promoting News Corp., he replied, "Absolutely. Shouldn't be. That's bad." EDIT: Glaring typo fixed in title ("by" instead of "buys")
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POPSCNN - hard-hitting news I bet Britney Spears timed her divorce so it wouldn't be a major news story on an election day. Big mistake! CNN is always there, focused enough not to let trifles like an election get in the way of the really important stuff.
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POPSWen Ho Lee Gets Last Laugh Wen Ho Lee sued the federal government for smearing his name. He settled the lawsuit with the government, but what is even more surprising is that big media organizations, who were being subpoenaed to provide the names of government sources who defamed Lee, also pooled together money for the settlment--even though they weren't defendents in the lawsuit. Does this "signal to plaintiffs' attorneys that newsrooms are becoming soft touches when it comes to subpoena defenses"?
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POPSMy thoughts on how Clipmarks relates to "news" sites... I have received a number of messages recently about clipmarks becoming a "news" site. I've heard some good and bad potential implications of this. I have posted my thoughts on the matter on our blog and wanted to share them with you all here. Would love to hear your thoughts.
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