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The WSJ’s independence – safe in their…Oops!
So what was the point of that special committee to oversee editorial independence at the Wall Street Journal? I must remind myself. Oh yes.
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Fun with metrics
Metrics, metrics, metrics. Don’t you just love them? E&P quotes the latest Nielsen figures out showing how long people spend at news sites. Brand or Channel — Mar. ’08 Time per Person (hh:mm:ss) — Mar. ’07 Time per Person March 07 (hh:mm:ss) NYTimes.com — 0:37:14 — 0:33:48USATODAY.com — 0:11:26 — 0:17:50washingtonpost.com — 0:16:15 — 0:18:01Wall…
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BBC News: Crime Time
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The Trust Obsession
CNN bills itself as the most trusted name in news. Director-General Mark Thompson reckons public trust is the life-blood of the BBC. Politicians and TV presenters wail and tear their clothes in public at the public’s loss of trust in the media. “Woe is us,” wails the collective cry from the journalism profession, “they don’t…