Gawker

great moments in journalism
Reuters' Heart Will Go On, Despite Posting 'Titanic' Pics As News

By balk, 12:20 PM on Fri Aug 10 2007, 1,614 views (Edit, to draft, Top, Slurp)

Copy this whole post to another site

cancel

Reuters gets that sinking feeling [Guardian]

More about great moments in journalism

journalismism

Bloomberg Brags About Lamest 'Scoop' Ever
Bloomberg's been bragging it suddenly tripled its number of scoops in the first quarter. How did the financial wire do it? A company mole forwarded along one particularly egregious example. Among the "exclusives" the company has been bragging about internally came June 1, when London critic Richard... More »

journalismism

Foursquare Founder Tells Two Tales About Filched Dodgeball Code
Too busy partying in Austin, Dennis Crowley never replied to our questions about whether Foursquare was built on code owned by Google. He's denied it to other press, but we hear he's telling buddies otherwise. Some inside the Googleplex believe that Crowley got the code for his new friend-finding... More »

journalismism

Jim Goldman's Bad Intel
CNBC, the cable business network, claims to have "policies and guidelines" that are "strictly followed." One of them appears to be presenting company flacks as secret "sources." Tech reporter Jim Goldman adheres to it religiously. Earlier, we noted Goldman's habit of dressing up a top Apple flack'... More »

Read More: great moments in journalism, Reuters

Loading comments ...

New York, 7:13 PM
Sun Jul 12
11 posts in the last 24 hours

Tip Your Editors:
tips@gawker.com
Tipline: 646-214-8138

Editor-in-Chief:
Gabriel Snyder | Email

Contributing Editors:

Valleywag:
Ryan Tate | Email

Media:
Hamilton Nolan | Email

Politics:
Alex Pareene | Email

Investigations:
John Cook | Email

Entertainment:
Richard Lawson | Email

Weekends:
Foster Kamer | Email

Video Editor:
Richard Blakeley | Email