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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. [lien] [EN]

L.A. Times Reporter Responds to Allegations by Dowie Attorney

L.A. Times Staff Writer Ted Rohrlich has responded to my request for a comment about the letter I published last night from Doug Dowie’s attorney Michael Faber: Dear Mr. Frey, Thank you for the opportunity to respond. I am not willing to comment on matters involving confidential sources, real or imagined. If I were, who would agree to speak with me in confidence? I would. [lien] [EN]

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. [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. [lien] [EN]

New York Times reporter shills for Dell site [Great Moments In Journalism]

newVideoPlayer("/mark_santora.flv", 506, 423,"");Why is Marc Santora, a respected war correspondent for the New York Times, appearing in ads chattering about mobile technology? Click on the ad, running on sites like VentureBeat, and you're taken to a site, DigitalNomads, which appears to be a collection of blog-filler pablum about the wonders of the wireless Internet. Buried at the bottom is a tiny disclaimer. [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. [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. [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. [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. [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. [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. [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]