When Metrolink spokeswoman Denise Tyrell admitted that, indeed, a Metrolink engineer might be at fault for a Sept. 12 head-on crash, I was amazed at her openness and honesty in a time of tragedy. After a little thought, there is one tiny word wrong with her statement: the word might.
We sit here, on our little soap box, talking about spin, day in and day out. How other people are doing it, how to prevent it, and praising those that carry the spin sucks torch just as we do. From news releases to stories, to ethical and unethical behavior, how something is pitched is often [...]
A spin spotter? Come on. First of all it’s one thing to push blame of spin on PR people but how lazy do we think newspapers are that they need spinoculars?
Apparently, there is a new program for journalists to download and it catches any bias or spin in their pieces. As Katherine asks the question [...]
In the past few months, U.S. Congressman Charles Rangel has come under scrutiny for a variety of ethical dilemmas. He rented multiple rent-stabilized apartments, even using one as a fundraising office, used congressional letterhead to solicit funds, and most recently, has been discovered to have not been paying taxes on a home in the Dominican [...]
