Saturday, April 03, 2004
Fallujah: The Fighting Continues...
...Only this time it's the press!!!
See also this delightful little morsel on coverage of the romance between Daniel Pearl's widow Mariane, and CNN reporter Eason Jordan.
Richard Leiby: Okay, my Peeps (marshmallow and otherwise), we'll get straight to big controversy. Basically, should a gossip columnist report on people's PERSONAL LIVES? Here's a typical email flaming me for my report on Mariane Pearl (the widow of Danny Pearl of the Wall Street Journal) and her relationship with a top CNN exec (who is still married): :
"Subj: Pathetic journalism -- why cover gossip?
"I am a former CNN employee and I am disgusted with your coverage of Eason Jordan's alleged affair with Marianne Pearl. It seems to me that Washington Post Reporters have too much time in their hands and are becoming part of that zealot, puritan band wagon that permeates the American media. Why would we care about an executive's personal life? How can you go so as far as calling his poor wife? Why don't you look into your own newsroom to sniff for some dirt really worth printing? Here is a headline, Post Reporters lack depth, insight on war in Iraq and many other matters."
I say in return: We are reporters. We cover a lot of human behavior, and we even cover Michael Jackson.
Was it a good idea for CNN to put Mariane Pearl on the air this week with her attorney, seeking a piece of the 9/11 victims' compensation fund, without disclosing that she is deeply involved with Eason Jordan, who handled CNN's coverage of the Pearl case and heads CNN's editorial board? Just asking!
Via Romanesko and Poynter Online--a one-stop shop for all the latest in journalistic navel-gazing and feces-throwing. Bookmark it. It's a great site for journalists, and for anyone else who wants to be an informed media consumer.
Splash, out
Jason
See also this delightful little morsel on coverage of the romance between Daniel Pearl's widow Mariane, and CNN reporter Eason Jordan.
Richard Leiby: Okay, my Peeps (marshmallow and otherwise), we'll get straight to big controversy. Basically, should a gossip columnist report on people's PERSONAL LIVES? Here's a typical email flaming me for my report on Mariane Pearl (the widow of Danny Pearl of the Wall Street Journal) and her relationship with a top CNN exec (who is still married): :
"Subj: Pathetic journalism -- why cover gossip?
"I am a former CNN employee and I am disgusted with your coverage of Eason Jordan's alleged affair with Marianne Pearl. It seems to me that Washington Post Reporters have too much time in their hands and are becoming part of that zealot, puritan band wagon that permeates the American media. Why would we care about an executive's personal life? How can you go so as far as calling his poor wife? Why don't you look into your own newsroom to sniff for some dirt really worth printing? Here is a headline, Post Reporters lack depth, insight on war in Iraq and many other matters."
I say in return: We are reporters. We cover a lot of human behavior, and we even cover Michael Jackson.
Was it a good idea for CNN to put Mariane Pearl on the air this week with her attorney, seeking a piece of the 9/11 victims' compensation fund, without disclosing that she is deeply involved with Eason Jordan, who handled CNN's coverage of the Pearl case and heads CNN's editorial board? Just asking!
Via Romanesko and Poynter Online--a one-stop shop for all the latest in journalistic navel-gazing and feces-throwing. Bookmark it. It's a great site for journalists, and for anyone else who wants to be an informed media consumer.
Splash, out
Jason
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