The Atlantic and Goldberg were subsequently criticized because, in the opinion of one commentator, the promise of the headline was not fulfilled in the article. In other words, the headline writer torqued the piece -- and, in this particular subject area, torque can be a dangerous thing. Or at least that's what Gary Rosenblatt of The Jewish Week concluded (after saying many nice things about Goldberg). Goldberg, on his blog, replies to this criticism and defends the headline. As a journalist, what I find odd is: The stuff Goldberg put in his blog absolutely makes the headline work. Why didn't he put that in the original piece?
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DND's unprofitable land flip deal
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on Fri 03 Apr 2009 04:55 PM EDT
The Department of National Defence, of course, is not in the real estate business. Still, its latest transaction is a little unfortunate. more »
More money for magazines: This time it's snowmobilers
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on Fri 03 Apr 2009 04:32 PM EDT
On behalf of the Honourable James Moore, Minister of Canadian Heritage and Official Languages, Patrick Brown, Member of Parliament (Barrie), today announced [$23,666 in] funding to support the creation of Canadian editorial content in Snow Goer Canada... more »
Liberals to Conservatives: Been there, done that
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on Fri 03 Apr 2009 04:01 PM EDT
Liberal infrastructure critic Gerard Kennedy tells Infrastructure Minister John Baird that a couple of announcements from Baird's office today look awfully familiar.. more » |
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