WSJ staff protest “sick man” headline that upset Chinese government
The Wall Street Journal’s China staff is urging the newspaper to apologize for a headline that prompted the Chinese government to expel three of its journalists this week, reports Paul Farhi of The Washington Post. Farhi reports, “‘We . . . ask you to consider correcting the headline and apologizing to our readers, sources, colleagues and anyone […]
The dilemma of how Bloomberg News covers candidate Bloomberg
Michael Grynbaum of The New York Times examines how Bloomberg News is struggling to cover news about its majority owner and Democratic Party candidate for president. Grynbaum writes, “Bloomberg News’s campaign reporters operate separately from the news outlet’s Projects and Investigations team. But the memo was widely perceived as a signal that Bloomberg News would […]
Russian biz magazine drops Amazon reference after reporter inquirer
Russian business magazine Vector dropped a reference to a Ukraine-based research lab doing work for Amazon after Intercept reporter Sam Biddle asked Amazon about the work. Biddle writes, “The author of the article, Dmitry Koshelnik, said that Ring Ukraine, after providing him the quotes directly through its publicity department, ‘asked us to remove the word Amazon […]
The Information: Why did company, CEO lie to us?
The Information’s Jessica Lessin sent the following in an email Saturday to subscribers about its story where Quibi CEO Meg Whitman compared reporters to sexual predators: We knew it was an important story. Whitman and founder Jeffrey Katzenberg are trying to build one of the world’s most ambitious media companies, in part by working with news companies. […]
CEO apologizes for comparing journalists to sexual predators
Quibi CEO Meg Whitman apologized Friday for comparing journalists to sexual predators at a company meeting, reports Brent Lang of Variety. Lang reports, “‘I used an analogy that was inappropriate and just plain wrong,’ Whitman said in an interview at Variety‘s studio at the Sundance Film Festival. ‘None of us are ever perfect. I didn’t intend it, […]
British government secretly backed Reuters in ’60s and ’70s
The British government secretly funded Reuters in the 1960s and 1970s at the behest of an anti-Soviet propaganda unit linked to British intelligence, reports Guy Faulconbridge of Reuters. Faulconbridge reports, “The extent of influence – if any – that the government was able to exert over Reuters news in return for the money is unclear […]
How Ford responded to Free Press stories on its defective transmissions
Peter Bhatia, the editor of the Detroit Free Press, writes Sunday about how Ford Motor Co. responded to reporter Phoebe Wall Howard‘s stories about its defective transmissions. Bhatia writes, “Ford also took the extraordinary step of sending a top North America quality executive to the Flint home of a woman featured in a Free Press video. Surprised to discover that […]
More than 200 Reuters stories blocked in China
The financial information provider that distributes Reuters news to investors has blocked over 200 stories on the mainland that could paint Beijing in a negative light, reports Steve Stecklow of Reuters. Stecklow reports, “It wasn’t the Chinese government that blocked the story. The article was removed by Refinitiv, the financial information provider that distributes Reuters news to […]
Bloomberg says reporters need to accept restrictions
Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg says employees at his news organization need to accept restrictions with their paycheck, including the ban on investigating their boss, reports David Bauder of the Associated Press. Bauder reports, “‘We just have to learn to live with some things,’ Bloomberg told CBS. His reporters ‘get a paycheck. But with your paycheck comes […]
Bloomberg columnists will join owner’s presidential campaign
David Shipley, Tim O’Brien and other members of the Bloomberg Opinion board responsible for editorials will take a leave of absence to join Michael Bloomberg’s campaign, reports Lauren Hirsch and Brian Schwartz of CNBC. Hirsch and Schwartz report, “O’Brien has a history with Trump himself. He published a book titled ‘TrumpNation’ in the early 2000′s, […]
