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Why the Wall Street Journal Is a Great Newspaper (Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 Edition)
Friday’s Wall Street Journal featured this staggering Page One piece. Tales From Malaysia Airlines Flight 370: Life’s Small Moments Loom Large As night fell last Friday in Kuala Lumpur, businessman Philip Wood hurried to gather his bags for a trip … Continue reading
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Tagged Beijing, Kuala Lampur, Malaysia, Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, Norli Akmar, Philip Wood, Wall Street Journal
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NYT Hires Bloomberg Pariah Michael Forsythe. Quid Pro Quo, Yes?
So Bloomberg News reporter Michael Forsythe, who leaked a big story last fall to the New York Times about Bloomberg News spiking his report about corruption among China’s political leaders, gets fired by Bloomberg News and then hired by the Times. Pay … Continue reading
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Tagged Beijing, Bloomberg News, China, Margaret Sullivan, Michael Forsythe, New York Times, Public Editor, Shanghai
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Correction o’ the Day (NYT North Korea Rescue Edition)
Tuesday’s New York Times featured this piece by Jane Perlez: Six Decades Later, a Second Rescue Attempt Ex-Navy Pilot Visits North Korea to Seek Colleague’s Remains BEIJING — As more than 100,000 Chinese soldiers swarmed over far fewer American Marines … Continue reading