tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8086537183354417004.post6117307441399337190..comments2023-09-16T13:22:55.052-04:00Comments on freefromeditors: On selling newspapers...Jim of L-Townhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03941398804273985677noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8086537183354417004.post-8345426541767900802008-03-10T10:40:00.000-04:002008-03-10T10:40:00.000-04:00Things must be getting pretty desperate at 200 E. ...Things must be getting pretty desperate at 200 E. First St. if the eicoc has to suspend the constitution. The bigger question may be: Does the eicoc know how to spell "constitution?"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8086537183354417004.post-89791161820234265782008-03-08T11:20:00.000-05:002008-03-08T11:20:00.000-05:00Sometimes I need my good editor back. What I was t...Sometimes I need my good editor back.<BR/> What I was trying to say in my previous comment (deleted above) was that I understand the memo included the word "appropriate" when the word should have been "inappropriate." <BR/> This site is open and free. Anyone is allowed to comment here free of fear. (As we've talked before, best to do it from home because newspapers are not so kind about the First Amendment when it is wielded against them)<BR/> I spent 30 years jealously guarding my good sources. I am capable of doing the same for my newspaper colleagues.Jim of L-Townhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03941398804273985677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8086537183354417004.post-40862684701898207132008-03-08T10:49:00.000-05:002008-03-08T10:49:00.000-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Jim of L-Townhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03941398804273985677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8086537183354417004.post-71479015751141438632008-03-08T08:49:00.000-05:002008-03-08T08:49:00.000-05:00yes, the journal likes to stir the pot, but in a r...yes, the journal likes to stir the pot, but in a recent e-mail to staff that was riddled with typos and inappropriate word choices, the editor in charge told us not to be posting anonymously (like this) on blogs (like this.)<BR/><BR/>apparently, free speech is great when used to SELL The Journal, but not to TALK about The Journal.<BR/><BR/>:roflAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8086537183354417004.post-78645450102002073652008-03-05T15:03:00.000-05:002008-03-05T15:03:00.000-05:00It was the editor in charge of corrections who wro...It was the editor in charge of corrections who wrote a giant profile on former Sen. Don Riegle and barely managed to mention Keating Five. In fact, I would compare that story to a service that women charge several bucks for on many Flint street corners.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8086537183354417004.post-59245151191440213152008-03-04T13:40:00.000-05:002008-03-04T13:40:00.000-05:00A great American named Gene Fowler (he was a pal o...A great American named Gene Fowler (he was a pal of W.C. Fields) once wrote that an editor should have a pimp for a brother so he had someone to look up to, Nowhere is that more applicable than to the personage Brother Jim refers to as the "editor in charge of corrections." <BR/> <BR/>My own nicknames for the eicoc included "the Perjurer" and "the Fact Checker." The first name didn't catch on with the staff, but the second one did. <BR/> <BR/>He was easily one of least talented reporters I ever came across in my career, so of course he wanted to be an editor. Of course, he was made an editor. <BR/> <BR/>I'm sure he must have had a good idea at sometime during his career at The Journal but damned if I can think of what it was.<BR/> <BR/>Good blog, Jim. Keep the truth squad going.<BR/> <BR/>(signed) RewriteAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com