PressEthic

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Can't we all just get along? Not according to Newsweek.

It irritates me that something as important as titling a story could be so flubbed up.

An overreaction on the part of Conde Nast? I vote yes.

I know that this isn’t a new thing – papers have been choosing sides for years – but I never thought it was a fair practice.

It’s amazing to me that while other countries are hailing Judy Miller as a hero, American journalists are tearing her, and The New York Times, to shreds.

How can someone, after stealing a quote and four paragraphs from another writer, say it wasn’t intentional? OF COURSE it was intentional – who is she kidding?

'And still it rained. And still people worked the word "ark" into their conversations in a this-too-shall-pass tone. Patricia Telesko, a fund-raiser, did so while having her hair done in a salon in Forest Hills, Queens: "Should I build an ark and start collecting the animals?"'

Newsweek couldn’t just have a section on health; they had to hire writers to write articles based on their advertisers.

Hearst, Conde Nast to Launch New Magazines

Perhaps I’m naïve and this is how the magazine business works. I’m not an avid Jane reader – I don’t even subscribe – but I felt like she really gave her loyal fans a raw deal.

If you can tell me the point of the story, I’m all ears.

If anyone out there who has access to Times Select and wants to make a quick $10 email me.

Not only did the government hire contractors without going through a quoting process, they’re making sure the contractors they did hire get away with hiring the cheapest labor.

Looking around on Gawker.com on Tuesday I came across a New York Times article with some fascinating red underlines.