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2005-04-13 Fifth Column

Reuters admits 'terrible quality' E-mail from managing editor sparks anger among reporters

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Posted by Anonymoose 2005-04-13 8:28:08 PM|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 "why would [Schlesinger] want to be telling the troops at this delicate time that theyâre all doing a crappy job"

Maybe because they ARE doing a crappy job? Heloooo?!!

Posted by Glereper Craviter7929 2005-04-13 8:57:32 PM|| 2005-04-13 8:57:32 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 Lol, GC!

Saying Rooters has a "quality" problem is a scream. Water, wet. Etc.

Posted by .com 2005-04-13 9:09:13 PM|| 2005-04-13 9:09:13 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 This is Scrappleface, right?

How can you be "values-neutral" and still talk about having a "principle" of not using the word "terrorist"? In a values-neutral world, aren't wire services that use the word "terrorist" just as good as wires services that don't?

Posted by Matt 2005-04-13 10:01:26 PM|| 2005-04-13 10:01:26 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 Another legacy media dinosaur on its way to oblivion.

Would Reuters be worth buying out (by Yahoo or Google or a blog/new media giant of the future)? Where exactly is the source of value in their operations?

Posted by thibaud (aka lex) 2005-04-13 10:26:15 PM|| 2005-04-13 10:26:15 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 "Weâre angry and perplexed," one Reuters staffer told the New York Post. "Weâre in the midst of contract negotiations, why would [Schlesinger] want to be telling the troops at this delicate time that theyâre all doing a crappy job?"

Odd. I've never seen Reuters being the least bit reluctant to tell REAL troops they're doing a lousy job for a lousy cause. Particularly when that's not true.

Posted by Robert Crawford 2005-04-13 10:30:07 PM|| [http://www.kloognome.com/] 2005-04-13 10:30:07 PM|| Front Page Top

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