How to fix business sections
Jeff Jarvis is a former TV critic for TV Guide and People, creator of Entertainment Weekly, Sunday editor and associate publisher of the New York Daily News, and a columnist on the San Francisco Examiner. He is doing some consulting work for the New York Times Online operations as well. In a long post today […]
Bartiromo critiques her work
CNBC star Maria Bartiromo was in Virginia Beach on Tuesday giving a speech at Regent University. She made several comments about business and personal finance journalism that are interesting to note, according to an article in this morning’s Virginian Pilot: 1. “I’m part of the noiseâ€? that complicates investment choices, Bartiromo acknowledged. The news she […]
Henry Blodget's view of the BW/Overstock online battle
We all know who Henry Blodget is. The disgraced former Wall Street analyst now has a Web site called Internet Outsider where he posts comments about Internet stocks. Blodget took at look at the Overstock.com/BusinessWeek tussle between President Patrick Byrne and e-commerce editor Timothy Mullaney. Here are his decidedly anti-journalist comments: “Well, first, he takes […]
The name "business section" implies conservative coverage
Eric Alterman, author of “What Liberal Media? The Truth about Bias and the News,” believes that the name of the section in which most readers receive their business news implies a conservative bias, according to this story in the Daily Nexus, the student newspaper at UCal-Santa Barbara. The story states: “Alterman also contended that, even […]
Financial Times settles lawsuit with broker
The Financial Times newspaper has settled a libel lawsuit with a broker that sued it, agreeing to pay damages and legal fees to the broker. This Reuters story reads in part: “Collins Stewart had sued the FT over its 2003 coverage of allegations by former equity analyst James Middleweek, who accused the brokerage of regulatory […]
Blogs level the business journalism playing field
Mathew Ingram, who in addition to his own blog is also the online business columnist for the Toronto Globe and Mail, had this to say about the whole Overstock/Business Week brouhaha: “As a journalist with feet (or arms) in both the world of traditional media and the world of blogs, I’m well acquainted with the […]
LA Times series on UFW receives more criticism
On Sunday, a professor criticized the series from last week about the United Farm Workers in an op-ed piece in the Times. Now, there is a radio report on www.laborradio.org that states that the series was a misrepresentation of the union. To listen to the radio report, go here.
More on Overstock/BusinessWeek tussle
The rest of the mass communications world is beginning to catch on to the issues surrounding the posting by Overstock.com President Patrick Byrne of an e-mail interview he had with BusinessWeek e-commerce editor Timothy Mullaney. Blogger expert Dan Gillmor wrote about the issue on his blog at Center for Citizen Media today and stated: “This […]
Follow-up to the Sago mine disaster
Ken Ward Jr., of the Charleston (WV) Gazette had an excellent article last week examining the business ramifications of the mining disaster at Sago and how regulation of the industry has been lax. Here is an excerpt from his story: “Over the past 30 years, the number of teams taking part in the once-popular national […]
Jim Rogers gets "dumb comment" award
Jim Rogers said something about economic sanctions not working on Cavuto on Business on Saturday. This News Hounds blogger takes him to task: Stuart Varney, Fox News business reporter, was promoting the idea of sanctions against Iran, but Rogers disagreed: “Sanctions have never worked against any country in the world.” Charles Payne of Wallstreet.com, agreed, […]
