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2006-09-25 Home Front: WoT

Outsourcing Combat Reporting to the Enemy

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Posted by Nimble Spemble 2006-09-25 08:19|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Man, this pisses me off!
Manolo, make that a double shot of Jack, and turn up CNN so I can get the war news...

Posted by Grizzled War Correspondent 2006-09-25 10:40|| 2006-09-25 10:40|| Front Page Top

#2 Nothing new here. It really looks to me as if the NYT owners have dusted off their old Banana war correspondent playbook. Remember the old motto, "If there is no new news, make some up".

Posted by 49 Pan">49 Pan 2006-09-25 11:34|| 2006-09-25 11:34|| Front Page Top

#3 Ever heard of an NGO press release making it into publication verbatim?

Ever heard of one NOT doing so?

Hell, CSPI consists of a handful of nuts and a PR Newswire account, yet every fricking time they fart, it makes it into the main news cycle.

Posted by Rob Crawford">Rob Crawford 2006-09-25 11:50|| http://www.kloognome.com/]">[http://www.kloognome.com/] 2006-09-25 11:50|| Front Page Top

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