[Updates with info from comments, below, saying The Atlantic did not properly distinguish between ad copy and editorial, and with a link to a post by David Dobbs.]
As the media consultant Jeff Jarvis tweeted on Tuesday, it was a "disturbing day for journalism: CNET...
[Updates with info from comments, below, saying The Atlantic did not properly distinguish between ad copy and editorial, and with a link to a post by David Dobbs.]
As the media consultant Jeff Jarvis tweeted on Tuesday, it was a "disturbing day for journalism: CNET sells out for CBS; Observer kills a column for the offended; Atlantic runs Scientology advertorial."
In three separate instances, websites had been ordered not to publish or had withdrawn material that had already been posted. But the circumstances were different in each case, and the differences bear scrutiny.
The CNET/CBS clash
I posted yesterday on this case--CBS's decision to quash a review by its subsidiary, CNET, of a digital-video recorder that allows viewers to...
In comments Tuesday, while discussing the high-powered destruction wrought by Hurricane Sandy, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo went into territory mostly avoided by U.S. politicians these days. To quote: "There has been a...
In comments Tuesday, while discussing the high-powered destruction wrought by Hurricane Sandy, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo went into territory mostly avoided by U.S. politicians these days. To quote: "There has been a series of extreme weather incidents. That is not a political statement, that is a factual statement ... Anyone who says there's not a dramatic change in weather patterns, I think is denying reality."
Okay, he said "dramatic change" rather than "climate change" but there's no missing the point. New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg raised the possibility a little more directly: "the storms we've experienced in the last year or so around this country and around the world are much more severe than before. Whether...
...
If you go to the website of the journal, Pediatrics, you will find a section labeled eFirst pages. These are articles published online in advance of the print publication. This Monday, there were 15 such early releases, ranging from...
©2010 Knight Science Journalism at MIT. All Rights Reserved.