http://colinrmathews.com/2010/03/17/why-are-people-so-willfully-stupid-about-how-news-gets-made/ Non-political directives from readMedia's capitalist running dog Maximo Lider Thu, 26 May 2011 19:11:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://colinrmathews.com/2010/03/17/why-are-people-so-willfully-stupid-about-how-news-gets-made/#comment-55 Wed, 07 Apr 2010 19:14:16 +0000 http://colinrmathews.com/?p=28#comment-55 [...] the way to a world where black is white, up is down, there are dogs and cats living together and journalism stops treating PR like a late-night booty call: The embeds of the future will work for the company, and be paid by the company to provide news [...]

]]> http://colinrmathews.com/2010/03/17/why-are-people-so-willfully-stupid-about-how-news-gets-made/#comment-30 Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:44:23 +0000 http://colinrmathews.com/?p=28#comment-30 [...] a comment » In my last post, I complained about how the fetish for original reporting makes reporters and editors treat the PR industry like a shameful …. My main complaint isn’t one of attribution or credit, but business sense: if there are [...]

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