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These People Are Not Journalists.

Monica PottsJan 06, 2011

Yesterday, Keith Kelly used his Media Ink column in the New York Post to comment on a Daily Caller story that wasn't, which accused The New Yorker's Jane Mayer of plagiarism. Questions remain, of course, about who was accusing Mayer and, therefore, supplying the reporter with the "story," and Kelly's piece quotes DC editor Tucker Carlson saying the following: "I have no clue where we got it. I never ask the reporters where they get stuff, only whether it's true. In this case, we didn't have enough."

Innovations in Newsvertising.

Paul WaldmanSep 15, 2010

If you watch local morning "news" shows -- I'm not judging here, but just so you know, doing so puts your very soul in mortal danger -- you may have seen various "consumer advocate" types come on and tell you about some awesome new products out there. But guess what? As James Rainey of the L.A. Times tells us (via Romanesko), they're probably getting paid by the companies that make the products they're telling you about. It's a little infomercial dropped into your "news" program:

A Trip to the Treasury.

Tim FernholzMar 09, 2010

geithner.jpgAlong with several other new media reporters, I got to sit down with several Treasury officials, including Secretary Tim Geithner, yesterday, in a background setting; Sam Stein covers the basics here.