The NYTpicker site writes Sunday that the profile of General Electric Co. and CEO Jeff Immelt in the Sunday business section of the New York Times is a puff piece.
“That’s the story behind this week’s wet kiss. In 3,690 words, longtime NYT business reporter Steve Lohr manages to reward one of America’s most battered corporations, GE, with the chance to resurrect itself — simply, it seems, as payback for the chance to interview Jeffrey Immelt, its struggling CEO.
“As anyone who follows the business world knows, GE took a major beating in the 2008 economic meltdown, having pinned its future on its GE Capital financial services unit. That resource fell apart in 2008, as the credit crisis left GE reeling.”
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