The Wire retracts stories on Facebook parent Meta
The Wire has retracted stories that it wrote about Facebook parent Meta. A story on its website states, “We are still reviewing the entire matter, including the possibility that it was deliberately sought to misinform or deceive The Wire. “Lapses in editorial oversight are also being reviewed, as are editorial roles, so that failsafe protocols are […]
Ex-WSJ reporter alleges law firm used hackers to ruin his career
A former Wall Street Journal reporter is accusing a major U.S. law firm of having used mercenary hackers to oust him from his job and ruin his reputation. Reuters reporter Raphael Satter writes, “In a lawsuit filed late Friday, Jay Solomon, the Journal’s former chief foreign correspondent, said Philadelphia-based Dechert LLP worked with hackers from India to steal emails […]
The lack of ethics in Nikki Finke’s journalism
Matt Belloni, former editorial director at The Hollywood Reporter, writes for Puck about legendary entertainment industry reporter Nikki Finke, who died Sunday at the age of 68. Belloni writes, “I’m all for being super-aggressive on a story—but she’d try to destroy lives, to get agents and assistants fired if they wouldn’t do her bidding. She’d torment publicists […]
OSHA orders ExxonMobil reinstate two scientists fired for leaking to WSJ
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration ordered ExxonMobil Corp. to immediately reinstate two employees and pay them more than $800,000 in back wages, interest and compensatory damages. A federal whistleblower investigation found the company terminated them illegally after suspecting them of leaking information to The Wall Street Journal. In September 2020, the […]
Defamation lawsuit against Washington Biz Journal is dismissed
A District of Columbia Council candidate’s defamation lawsuit against the Washington Business Journal and one of its former reporters has been dismissed. Heidi Pasichow, a judge in D.C. Superior Court, issued the ruling on Aug. 18. Candidate Vincent Orange filed a defamation lawsuit in D.C. Superior Court against the Business Journal and its former reporter, Alex […]
Chevron is running a news site in Texas
Molly Taft of Gizmodo reports about how Chevron Corp. is running a news site in Midland County, Texas. Taft reports, “According to data hidden on the site but provided in the site’s social preview cards, the puppy article is written by Mike Aldax, a man who lives more than 1,000 miles away from Midland. The entire […]
Binance CEO sues Bloomberg Businessweek publisher in Hong Kong for defamation
Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao on Monday sued Bloomberg Businessweek’s Hong Kong publisher Modern Media CL. on defamation claims, reports Danny Nelson of CoinDesk. Nelson reports, “The suit stems from Bloomberg Businessweek’s June 23 profile of Zhao: ‘Can Crypto’s Richest Man Stand the Cold?’ But in Hong Kong, Businessweek’s local publisher Modern Media CL ran a different headline […]
Firm working for Florida energy company controlled news site
Operatives working for Florida Power & Light gained control over a Tallahassee-based news website, making editorial decisions about its content – and allowing executives at the utility to influence coverage, report Annie Martin and Mario Alejandro Ariza of the Orlando Sentinel. Martin and Ariza report, “The site, which is published by Brian Burgess – who was previously the […]
Ex-Fox Business anchor Francis receives $15 million settlement
Fox Corp. agreed to a roughly $15 million settlement with former Fox Business anchor Melissa Francis who complained about gender-based pay disparities at the cable news network, reports Sarah Ellison of the Washington Post. Ellison reports, “Although the kind of sum won by Melissa Francis, an on-air personality for several shows on Fox News and Fox Business […]
NY Times reporter Gelles: Biz journalism lionizes CEOs, companies
Anand Giridharadas of The Ink interviewed New York Times reporter David Gelles about his new book “The Man who Broke Capitalism,” and part of the discussion was about business journalism’s failures. Here is an excerpt: How do you think those two narratives are present in this failure of business journalism that we’re talking about? On the […]
