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New York Times reporter poses as hooker on Twitter [Sex Trade]

Matt Richtel, the New York Times reporter and author of Hooked, has whored himself out on Twitter this week. The messages read as if they're written both by a hooker and the murderous john she meets, somewhere on the road to Denver for the Democratic National Convention. Tweeting in drag as a prostitute. Is it an old-fashioned Internet man stunt? Part of Richtel's recent day-job obsession with covering the Internet sex industry? Or is it some kind of experiment for his moonlight career as a novelist? Whatever Richtel's motive, the result is deeply creepy. His most whorish updates follow: [lien] [EN]

NY Times Reporter Warped Into Dell Shill [Dell]

Here's why you should never trust endorsements—besides the general principle of the matter. NY Times reporter Marc Santora did an interview for a startup site called Big Think, talking about how technology has changed covering stories like the Iraq War. Imagine his surprise when part of it was slipped into a DigitalNomads ad, a site that's "powered by Dell," magically turning his interview into an endorsement. While he doesn't actually say the word "Dell" in the spot, at the bottom of the DigitalNomads site is a small sign of who's backing it: "Powered by Dell," so it's an implicit endorsement that, as Valleywag says, "suggests a New York Times reporter has endorsed its vision of mobile technology." Santora says his involvement was unwitting and unpaid, and it's unlikely the NYT gave permission for an endorsement like this either. [lien] [EN]

New York Times reporter says he's an unwitting Dell shill [Great Moments In Journalism]

Marc Santora, the New York Times reporter who appears in ads for Dell's DigitalNomads site, says he received no compensation for the ad, which came from an interview Santora did for Big Think, a website backed by Facebook investor Peter Thiel. What appears to have happened: Dell or its ad agency, Federated Media, created the ad for Dell's DigitalNomads, using a clip from Santora's Big Think video. In a comment, Big Think cofounder Peter Hopkins says that Dell is a sponsor of his site, but the ad does not mention Big Think. (The Big Think interview was also published to YouTube, and DigitalNomads' producers embedded the clip in a blog post.) From what Santora's saying, no one asked him or the Times for permission to run the endorsement. If so, Dell could be in rather big trouble — and not just with the Times. [lien] [EN]

Another New York Times Reporter Freed in Afghanistan

A New York Times reporter held hostage by the Taliban has been freed by British commandos: “Stephen Farrell, a New York Times reporter held captive by militants in northern Afghanistan, was freed in a military commando raid early Wednesday, but his Afghan interpreter was killed during the rescue effort. In a brief telephone call about 0 p.m. New York time on Tuesday, Mr. Farrell told Susan Chira, the foreign editor of The Times: “I’m out! I’m free!” Ms. Chira said Mr. Farrell told her that he had been “extracted” by a commando raid carried out by “a lot of soldiers” in a fierce firefight with his captors. Mr. Farrell said he had also called his wife.” A British commando was also killed in the raid that freed Farrell. Farrell had traveled to Afghanistan to cover a recent NATO airstrike that reportedly killed up to 0 civilians. [lien] [EN]

Scary: Times Reporter Arrested In Zimbabwe After Adding His Byline To Story [Barry Bearak]

Times reporter Barry Bearak was frightened enough of authorities in Zimbabwe that he at first withheld his byline from today's front-page story about declining support for the ruling party there. But he later changed his mind and added his name online and to some print editions. He was promptly arrested by police in Zimbabwe, who have now said, according to AFP, he was "detained on suspicion of reporting without press accreditation. Zimbabwean authorities, who barred most foreign media from covering last Saturday's general elections, warned a week ago they would deal severely with journalists who sneaked into the country and were caught operating illegally." [via Radar, HuffPo] (photo via HuffPo) [lien] [EN]

New York Times Reporters Are Secret Pageview Whores [Newspapers]

It would be too obvious as well as unreasonable to suggest that Aron Pilhofer, the New York Times's editor for interactive news, drag himself into the 21st century. Here's a more modest objective: understanding the mindset of his own colleagues. At this week's dire Mediabistro conference, Pilhofer scorned the "ridiculous" obsession of organizations such as Gawker with the popularity of individual articles: "I think we're a long way from reporters paying attention to page views." Wot?! Sites such as Google and Digg already prioritize their news stories according to the number of links or users' votes; and magazines such as Vanity Fair and New York have become endearingly proud of the pageviews they draw when starlets are persuaded to strip. But let's put aside the breathtaking insularity of the Times exec's contention. [lien] [EN]

Fox News Plays Nice With Times Reporters It Hasn't Yet Smeared [Public Relations]

Is the Fox News PR machine trying to get back in the good graces of the New York Times—and slyly drive a wedge between reporters there at the same time? The network's famously vicious media relations operation was ravaged in a David Carr column in the Times on Monday. But now that they've let Bill O'Reilly take his obligatory on-air shot at the paper, the network seems to have decided to play nice with Times reporters—at least, with some of them. On Monday—knowing that Carr's column was running—the network apparently gave the scoop about its hiring of ex-Hillary flack Howard Wolfson to Jim Rutenberg, a Times political reporter. Today, with Carr's missive still hanging in the air, Fox News gave Times reporter Brian Stelter what appears to be the only interview with Fox News executive vice president Kevin Magee regarding Fox Business' hiring of WSJ columnist Walt Mossberg as a contributor. [lien] [EN]

A New Way For Times Reporters To Track Their Own Status [The Workplace]

The New York Times launched its "social networking" feature TimesPeople months ago for no particular reason, and with no particular effect. Back then even top editor Bill Keller wasn't using it. But now he is! You know what this means, don't you? It's one more way for suckup Times reporters to track who the boss is favoring. Almost as good as looking at the front page! So what is Keller recommending? Let's see: Guess what kids: four of Bill Keller's five recommended stories have appeared right here on Gawker. I'm not saying, I'm just saying. Read More: 'Times' Presents Every Quotable Demographic's Opinion On Bailout Bill, Times Interview Causes Multibillion-Dollar Indian Lawsuit, Why No One Noticed the McCain Gambling Expose, Who Still Laughs At Eliot Spitzer [lien] [EN]

NY Times reports research findings on Facebook

Interesting article yesterday from the NY times that outlines some of the research findings on Facebook users (spotted via Bokardo). Some interesting quotes from the article: Researchers learned that while people perceive someone who has a high number of friends as popular, attractive and self-confident, people who accumulate “too many” friends (about 800 or more) are seen as insecure… Eszter Hargittai, a professor at Northwestern, found in a study that Hispanic students were significantly less likely to use Facebook, and much more likely to use MySpace. White, Asian and Asian-American students, the study found, were much more likely to use Facebook and significantly less likely to use MySpace… [lien] [EN]

'New York Times' Reporters Take Corporate Jet Home From Iowa Caucus [Cost-cutting]

Getting out of Iowa today was a complete bitch, thanks to the throngs of reporters fleeing frozen Iowa for frozen New Hampshire. The airport is supposedly 50% busier than usual and nearly 2,000... [lien] [EN]

New York Times Reports the Recession is Here: What a Shock!

Daniel Carroll submits: It's official. The Wall Street Journal reported this that "most economists say recession has arrived as outlook darkens."Complete Story » [lien] [EN]

'Times' Report: Jews Scared of Black Man [Florida]

Jews! They hate Obama! That's according to today's Times, in which we learn that Florida's Jews are almost as misinformed as West Virginia's everyone. Anyway—old Jewish retirees all think Obama is against Israel, even though he's just as solidly pro-whatever Israel wants as every other major American politician from either side of the aisle. What can Obama do to win them over? Go to Katz's: "Because Mr. Obama is relatively new on the national stage, his resume of Senate votes in support of Israel is short, as is his list of high-profile visits to synagogues and delis." Oh, nice work, Jodi Kantor. High-profile visits to delis. Obama's also neglected to make a high-profile visit to his psychiatrist, his popular music producer, or his jeweler. And it would kill him to make one high. [lien] [EN]

Fox News distorts photos of New York Times reporters.

This morning on Fox & Friends, co-hosts Steve Doocy and Brian Kilmeade called Jacques Steinberg’s June 28 New York Times article on Fox News’s declining ratings a “hit piece,” adding that Steinberg and Times editor Steven Reddicliffe are “attack dogs.” During the segment, Fox aired blatantly distorted photos of Steinberg and Reddicliffe with their teeth [...] [lien] [EN]

Fox News airs altered photos of NY Times reporters

July 2 Media Matters - During a segment in which Fox & Friends co-hosts Steve Doocy and Brian Kilmeade labeled New York Times reporter Jacques Steinberg and editor Steven Reddicliffe "attack dogs," Fox News featured photos of Steinberg and Reddicliffe that appeared to have been digitally altered -- the journalists' teeth had been yellowed, their facial features exaggerated, and portions of Reddicliffe's hair moved further back on his head. [lien] [EN]