Thursday, December 8, 2016

Yves Smith — Washington Post Makes Bare Minimum Retreat from Article Defaming Naked Capitalism and Other Sites

The Post has made clear that it does not consider fairness and accuracy to be important. How can journalists there, who, unlike Timberg, care about the integrity of their work, feel comfortable working for a management that is promoting a rush to the bottom in the interest of getting stories out faster and getting more eyeballs? And why should the public at large trust the Post? After the firestorm of criticism, the editors and publishers of the Post should recognize that they have a serious quality control problem. If Timberg and the editors responsible are not fired or demoted, this sends a clear message to all other writers that anything goes.
Naked Capitalism
Washington Post Makes Bare Minimum Retreat from Article Defaming Naked Capitalism and Other Sites
Yves Smith

1 comment:

Ralph Musgrave said...

Dean Baker has been taking the p*ss out of WaPo articles for years.