Comments on: Why is the Journal flubbing its biggest story ever? http://www.wordyard.com/2009/03/11/why-is-the-journal-flubbing-its-biggest-story-ever/ Technology, politics, culture Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:43:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Why is the Journal flubbing its biggest story ever? « Credit Solves http://www.wordyard.com/2009/03/11/why-is-the-journal-flubbing-its-biggest-story-ever/comment-page-1/#comment-9790 Why is the Journal flubbing its biggest story ever? « Credit Solves Fri, 27 Mar 2009 07:48:34 +0000 http://www.wordyard.com/?p=1873#comment-9790 [...] meltdown of capitalism-as-we’ve-known-it. But the paper’s coverage has lagged More: Why is the Journal flubbing its biggest story ever? Bookmark It Hide [...] [...] meltdown of capitalism-as-we’ve-known-it. But the paper’s coverage has lagged More: Why is the Journal flubbing its biggest story ever? Bookmark It Hide [...]

]]> By: Jean F http://www.wordyard.com/2009/03/11/why-is-the-journal-flubbing-its-biggest-story-ever/comment-page-1/#comment-9610 Jean F Mon, 16 Mar 2009 13:15:37 +0000 http://www.wordyard.com/?p=1873#comment-9610 In the 1970s, Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein had lots of "personality" in their intense invesigative stories at the Washington Post. Good writers CAN make a complicated issue understandable if they spend the time on it - and if they are supported by their editors and their publisher. If those editors and publishers are skittish about digging too deep, then even the best writers will be stymied. It's hard not to believe that the Journal's management was "part of the con," as another reader posted. In the 1970s, Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein had lots of “personality” in their intense invesigative stories at the Washington Post. Good writers CAN make a complicated issue understandable if they spend the time on it – and if they are supported by their editors and their publisher. If those editors and publishers are skittish about digging too deep, then even the best writers will be stymied. It’s hard not to believe that the Journal’s management was “part of the con,” as another reader posted.

]]> By:   links for 2009-03-13 — contentious.com http://www.wordyard.com/2009/03/11/why-is-the-journal-flubbing-its-biggest-story-ever/comment-page-1/#comment-9548   links for 2009-03-13 — contentious.com Fri, 13 Mar 2009 14:00:39 +0000 http://www.wordyard.com/?p=1873#comment-9548 [...] Why is the Journal flubbing its biggest story ever? (Scott Rosenberg’s Wordyard) "One can think of several possible explanations for this failure. For one thing, the Wall Street collapse represents not only a story on the Journal’s home turf but also the disintegration of its motivating vision. The paper that champions “free people and free markets” is, I think, having a hard time coming to terms with the fact that free markets have just failed free people in a very big way. It has also, I imagine, been hard for the Journal’s troops to concentrate as they undergo a wrenching change of ownership and begin to adjust to new marching orders from the Murdoch regime. [...] [...] Why is the Journal flubbing its biggest story ever? (Scott Rosenberg’s Wordyard) "One can think of several possible explanations for this failure. For one thing, the Wall Street collapse represents not only a story on the Journal’s home turf but also the disintegration of its motivating vision. The paper that champions “free people and free markets” is, I think, having a hard time coming to terms with the fact that free markets have just failed free people in a very big way. It has also, I imagine, been hard for the Journal’s troops to concentrate as they undergo a wrenching change of ownership and begin to adjust to new marching orders from the Murdoch regime. [...]

]]> By: bowerbird http://www.wordyard.com/2009/03/11/why-is-the-journal-flubbing-its-biggest-story-ever/comment-page-1/#comment-9516 bowerbird Thu, 12 Mar 2009 08:15:17 +0000 http://www.wordyard.com/?p=1873#comment-9516 joel said: > the reason is that > they are part of the con. bingo! in one! -bowerbird joel said:
> the reason is that
> they are part of the con.

bingo! in one!

-bowerbird

]]> By: Joel http://www.wordyard.com/2009/03/11/why-is-the-journal-flubbing-its-biggest-story-ever/comment-page-1/#comment-9514 Joel Wed, 11 Mar 2009 17:37:52 +0000 http://www.wordyard.com/?p=1873#comment-9514 I believe the reason is that they are part of the con. I believe the reason is that they are part of the con.

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