Comments on: A new day dawns for parachute journalism

By: Graham

Graham — Thu, 24 May 2007 09:47:37 +0000

Ach… these things are annoying aren’t they. The more trivial, the more annoying… I feel your pain.

By: Baby trading and Angelina Jolie « Details are Sketchy

Baby trading and Angelina Jolie « Details are Sketchy — Tue, 22 May 2007 06:36:34 +0000

[...] All of all the misinformed, parachute journalism that gets slung Cambodia’s way, this story from Earth Times is one of the worst to come along in quite some time. The lead about poor people trying to trade their babies for watches is just the beginning. The idea that they would do so while reciting the name of Angelina Jolie is just completely unhinged from reality. [...]

By: Karen

Karen — Tue, 22 May 2007 04:27:04 +0000

Furthermore, the official name is FCC – not Foreign Correspondents Club. The FCC is a bar and restaurant, not a journalism club that offers reciprocal arrangements with other official journalism organizations worldwide (see the official FCC Hong Kong for a listing).

By: Phil

Phil — Mon, 21 May 2007 23:59:25 +0000

I’d like to think that I had that much pull, but it’s fairly unlikely. The marketing people at FCC are generally on top of things.

By: Jam-ez

Jam-ez — Mon, 21 May 2007 00:46:45 +0000

Perhaps the web address is meant to be a give away: “general fiction”.

By: Robyn

Robyn — Mon, 21 May 2007 00:45:39 +0000

Hilarious! Was that NYT retraction at your prompting, Phil?