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What makes reporters tick? Readers respond…
Byron Calame‘s analysis of the motivations of journalists has received some interesting responses from readers of the New York Times. Here are my two faves: The New York Times’s business editors would ridicule any essay by a chief executive that purported to show that business executives’ motivations are largely altruistic based on a survey of…
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Al Jazeera – still angry
Interesting interview with Ahmed Sheikh, editor-in-chief of the Arabic version of Al Jazeera. It’s very nicely handled by Pierre Neumann from Swiss mag, Die Weltwoche. Here a flavour: You sound bitter. Yes, I am. At whom are you angry? It’s not only the lack of democracy in the region that makes me worried. I don’t…
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Disappointed by the pace of success?
Final Bush-Blair presser post and my favourite Bushism – “I am disappointed by the pace of success.” Here’s the basic division of opinion on Nick Robinson. 1) GO GET ‘EM Chicago Tribune: We American reporters aren’t sure why our British cousins don’t stand when they ask questions of our president or their prime minister like…
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Unknown British reporter
Whereas Nick Robinson and Bill Neely are identified on the Media Matters log of the Blair-Bush presser, haunting proceedings is an anonymous, barely noticed character: Unknown British reporter: “I’ll try to be succinct. Mr. President…” An agency reporter? Take a bow, Adam Boulton!