Rebekah Brooks arrested
Jul. 17th, 2011 01:56 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
walkitoutReasonable coverage can be found at the Guardian, which has been on the News Corp story early and often:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/jul/17/rebekah-brooks-arrested-phone-hacking-allegations
Terrible Reuters coverage can be found here:
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/07/17/us-newscorp-brooks-idUSTRE76G1LA20110717
Who wrote this thing? Georgina Prodhan. It has the _weirdest_ language in it, some of it _not_ attributed in quotes to other people:
"the flame-haired 43-year-old was promoted in 2009 to become chief executive of Rupert Murdoch's UK newspaper business"
Some of it in attributed quotes:
""At first, I wondered who this person flouncing around the office with big red hair like she owned the place was. I soon found out," said one ex-Sun reporter."
When did Reuters turn into a gossip column? The writer doesn't seem to be so young or inexperienced to chalk the style up to that -- maybe Brooks is just _really_ loathed in the industry and this is how that loathing manifests? Or maybe this is Reuters playing catchup? It's a background piece, where the Guardian piece contains useful information.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/jul/17/rebekah-brooks-arrested-phone-hacking-allegations
Terrible Reuters coverage can be found here:
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/07/17/us-newscorp-brooks-idUSTRE76G1LA20110717
Who wrote this thing? Georgina Prodhan. It has the _weirdest_ language in it, some of it _not_ attributed in quotes to other people:
"the flame-haired 43-year-old was promoted in 2009 to become chief executive of Rupert Murdoch's UK newspaper business"
Some of it in attributed quotes:
""At first, I wondered who this person flouncing around the office with big red hair like she owned the place was. I soon found out," said one ex-Sun reporter."
When did Reuters turn into a gossip column? The writer doesn't seem to be so young or inexperienced to chalk the style up to that -- maybe Brooks is just _really_ loathed in the industry and this is how that loathing manifests? Or maybe this is Reuters playing catchup? It's a background piece, where the Guardian piece contains useful information.