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Only spritzer drinkers at Bloomberg Businessweek

Alexander Abad-Santos of The Atlantic writes about how The Economist recently chided rival Bloomberg BusinessWeek for falsely claiming that its journalists could be disciplined for drinking spritzers while at work.

Abad-Santos writes, “So, The Atlantic Wire had to ask, what are you guys drinking over there? ‘We love The Economist,‘ Tyrangiel told us over the phone. ‘The truth of the matter is that every staffer here has a spritzer two or three times a day, and contrary to what The Economist wrote, there’s no scolding involved.’

“Hmmmm. ‘It’s mostly spritzers,’ Tyrangiel said by phone. ‘It’s one of the questions we ask before we hire someone and if they aren’t spritzer drinkers we just have to think whether they’re a good cultural fit.’

“So, if Bloomberg is indeed a pro-spritzer anti-scolding office, where could that tip to The Economist have come from? ‘I wouldn’t know who the tipster was. I don’t know where it came from. We have very kind relations with The Economist,‘ said Tyrangiel, who thanked the tipster. ‘One of my great enjoyments in life is a good correction.’

“Because we just won’t let spritzer-gate die, we asked if there was any intention to smoke the tipster out by passing along this rotten spritzer information. Tyrangiel tells us it’s quite the opposite. ‘We invite the tipster down for spritzers to see how we roll.'”

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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.

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