WSJ’s Baker defends its coverage of Trump
Wall Street Journal editor Gerard Baker defended the paper’s coverage in a town hall meeting with the staff on Monday, telling staffers that if they disagreed that they should seek work elsewhere, reports Michael Calderone of The Huffington Post. Calderone writes, “‘Don’t let anybody get away with saying our reporting of Donald Trump has been […]
Transgender “Marketplace” reporter fired over blog post
Lewis Wallace, a transgender reporter for public radio business news show “Marketplace,” writes that he was fired from the show after posting a blog with political overtones. Wallace writes, “I was fired for publishing a post on my personal blog about being a transgender journalist exploring what it means to do truthful, ethical journalism with […]
WSJ’s Baker: No ban on “Muslim-majority country” phrase
Wall Street Journal editor Gerard Baker sent out the following to the staff on Tuesday: Given some media reports concerning some editing-related emails I sent last night, let me make a few points about our continuing coverage of President Trump’s executive order on travel to the U.S. There is no ban on the phrase “Muslim-majority […]
Reuters EIC Adler: We will continue to report fairly and honestly
Reuters editor in chief Stephen Adler posted the following on an internal blog on Tuesday: The first 12 days of the Trump presidency (yes, that’s all it’s been!) have been memorable for all – and especially challenging for us in the news business. It’s not every day that a U.S. president calls journalists “among the […]
WSJ settles libel lawsuit with casino billionaire Adelson
The Wall Street Journal said Thursday a libel lawsuit brought by billionaire casino magnate Sheldon Adelson against one of its reporters has been settled. Lukas Alpert of The Journal writes, “Both sides agreed that the suit would be dismissed and that each side would bear its own legal costs, a Journal spokeswoman said. No money is […]
Reuters EIC Adler: We need to be more transparent in our coverage
Reuters must be more transparent in how it covers stories, editor in chief Stephen Adler said in an interview with The Drum. Ian Burrell of The Drum writes, “In an interview with The Drum, Stephen J. Adler, the president and editor-in-chief of Reuters, sets out how the organisation plans to ‘double down’ on efforts to […]
Techdirt being sued by supposed email founder
Techdirt founder Mike Masnick is being sued for $15 million in a libel lawsuit over articles that doubted a man’s claim that he invented email. Eriq Gardner of The Hollywood Reporter writes, “For Techdirt, Masnick writes a wonky tech policy blog that has earned a loyal following for taking strong stances on issues like copyright, net neutrality, security issues […]
WSJ’s Baker: I have not banned “lie” when covering Trump
Wall Street Journal editor Gerard Baker expands on comments he made Sunday on “Meet the Press” about using the word “lie” when referring to false statements made by president-elect Donald Trump. Baker writes, “Note that I said I’d be ‘careful’ in using the word ‘lie.’ I didn’t ban the word from the Journal’s lexicon. Evidently, this carefulness […]
WSJ to avoid using “lies” when writing about Trump
The Wall Street Journal will not use the word “lie” when referring to president-elect Donald Trump’s statements that are false because it implies moral intent, editor Gerald Baker said on “Meet the Press” on Sunday. Kate Sheppard of The Huffington Post writes, “Baker appeared on NBC’s ‘Meet The Press’ Sunday, where he described some of President-elect Donald Trump’s […]
LA Times biz columnist: Trump threatened to sue me
David Lazarus, a business columnist for the Los Angeles Times, writes Thursday about how president-elect Donald Trump threatened to sue him after he wrote critically about Trump University. Lazarus writes, “I got a distinctly different impression when I attended a Trump University seminar at the Pasadena Hilton in 2007 and spoke with prospective and former […]
