On July 2018, Forbes published (and later retracted) a badly misinformed editorial by Panos Mourdoukoutas, chair of the department of economics at LIU Post, titled "Amazon Should Replace Local Libraries to Save Taxpayers Money." Clearly, Professor Mourdoukoutas would have benefited from the assistance of a librarian, who could have helped him find several economic studies related to library value.
Libraries Are Better Stewards of Taxpayer Dollars Than Corporations
‘How Dare You!’ Greta Thunberg Rebukes World Leaders Nation. Resilc” “Her theatrical family roots showed up well today, Nobel, Oscar or both? As she sails home on the prince of Monaco’s tax free, high tech carbon fiber, but carbon less emitting yacht…a childhood gone, but adult career super stardom ahead…”
Greta Thunberg responds to Donald Trump's 'very happy young girl' comment with Twitter update
Greta Thunberg Rips World Leaders at the U.N. Over Climate Change YouTube. UserFriendly: “100% agree with this except I refuse to believe they are any of them that aren’t pure evil.”
RIP: The girl who executed Nazis after seducing them in bars dies aged 92.
Do CEOs deserve their big bucks?
The head of Lattitude could get a $50 million pay day from the company's listing. Alan Joyce received more than $23 million last financial year. Andrew Robertson asks whether these executives really deserve the big bucks they receive.Why are some so triggered by Greta Thunberg?
There's a cruel and creepy world where it's apparently perfectly fine for adults to shred a 16-year-old to pieces, writes Lauren Rosewarne.
‘How Dare You!’ Greta Thunberg Rebukes World Leaders Nation. Resilc” “Her theatrical family roots showed up well today, Nobel, Oscar or both? As she sails home on the prince of Monaco’s tax free, high tech carbon fiber, but carbon less emitting yacht…a childhood gone, but adult career super stardom ahead…”
Greta Thunberg responds to Donald Trump's 'very happy young girl' comment with Twitter update
Greta Thunberg Rips World Leaders at the U.N. Over Climate Change YouTube. UserFriendly: “100% agree with this except I refuse to believe they are any of them that aren’t pure evil.”
RIP: The girl who executed Nazis after seducing them in bars dies aged 92.
When Copy Editors Backstopped The News Room
“It makes me crazy reading sloppy, typo-strewn copy. Ditto for readers, as has been made clear by the hundreds of emails I receive complaining about errors and inexcusable typos. The takeaway is that we just don’t care enough to give every story a good shake.” – Toronto Star
Let’s Face It: Book Publishing Has A Serious Fact-Checking Problem
“In the past year alone, errors in books by several high-profile authors … have ignited a debate over whether publishers should take more responsibility for the accuracy of their books. … While in the fallout of each accuracy scandal everyone asks where the fact checkers are, there isn’t broad agreement on who should be paying for what is a time-consuming, labor-intensive process in the low-margin publishing industry.” – The New York Times
- My oh my, you have to check out this just-released trailer for the upcoming documentary about the National Enquirer called “Scandalous.” The movie is due out Nov. 15.
- NBC News’ Lester Holt talks the Partridge Family, the secret to a happy marriage and whether or not it’s ever OK to lie, all in a Q&A with Larry Kanter in Men’s Journal.
- Ever wonder how the front page of The New York Times comes together on a busy news day? Check out this Twitter thread.