Girl on the Right is right. It is hard to blog when the office you blog from has turned into an oven. With that admission, I will take my leave tonight and turn you over to James Lileks' Interior Desecrations. If you've already been, you know how good it is. If not, what are you waiting for?
(I will admit that my early years did involve growing up in rooms like these. It probably contributed to my love for things like the Lileks site and my young fogey-ness.)
Makes room for CanWest to join the majors
Kudos to CanWest for calling a terrorist a terrorist . Many, including The Last Amazon , will be happy to hear it. Reuters is among the worst of the major western news services, where I would also place the BBC and the CBC.
Unsurprisingly, Reuters is not happy about the changes CanWest made to Reuters wire stories:
Our editorial policy is that we don't use emotive words when labeling someone," said David A. Schlesinger, Reuters' global managing editor. "Any paper can change copy and do whatever they want. But if a paper wants to change our copy that way, we would be more comfortable if they remove the byline." Mr. Schlesinger said he was concerned that changes like those made at CanWest could lead to "confusion" about what Reuters is reporting and possibly endanger its reporters in volatile areas or situations. "My goal is to protect
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