Insider CEO Carlson caught taking down union flyers

Insider editor in chief Nicholas Carlson was caught on video bicycling around Brooklyn and tearing down pro-union posters that targeted him, reports Alexandra Steigrad of the New York Post.

Steigrad reports, “‘Have you seen this millionaire?,’ one of the flyers reads with a photo of Carlson, along with and information on the 250 unionized Insider workers who are looking to reach a ‘fair contract’ with company management.

“The awkward encounter caught on video continues with Carlson getting back on his bike as he determines that the group is recording it.

“‘Who are you all?’ Carlson says, smiling and nervously fiddling with his chin strap.

“‘I’m one of your reporters,’ one of the women says.”

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Chris Roush

Chris Roush was the dean of the School of Communications at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. He was previously Walter E. Hussman Sr. Distinguished Professor in business journalism at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is a former business journalist for Bloomberg News, Businessweek, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Tampa Tribune and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. He is the author of the leading business reporting textbook "Show me the Money: Writing Business and Economics Stories for Mass Communication" and "Thinking Things Over," a biography of former Wall Street Journal editor Vermont Royster.