Comments on: Stop The Presses! http://www.briankaneonline.com/2008/01/07/stop-the-presses/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:09:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Brian http://www.briankaneonline.com/2008/01/07/stop-the-presses/comment-page-1/#comment-791 Brian Tue, 08 Jan 2008 18:56:40 +0000 http://www.briankaneonline.com/2008/01/07/stop-the-presses/#comment-791 Good for the editors at the Maine Sunday Telegram for showing better judgement than the editors at Parade. Good for the editors at the Maine Sunday Telegram for showing better judgement than the editors at Parade.

]]> By: Tony http://www.briankaneonline.com/2008/01/07/stop-the-presses/comment-page-1/#comment-788 Tony Tue, 08 Jan 2008 13:58:47 +0000 http://www.briankaneonline.com/2008/01/07/stop-the-presses/#comment-788 The Maine Sunday Telegram did include a disclaimer on its front page about this week's Parade magazine. But if you missed it, as we did, its appearance without any reference to Bhutto's assassination was extremely unfortunate. The Maine Sunday Telegram did include a disclaimer on its front page about this week’s Parade magazine. But if you missed it, as we did, its appearance without any reference to Bhutto’s assassination was extremely unfortunate.

]]> By: Brian http://www.briankaneonline.com/2008/01/07/stop-the-presses/comment-page-1/#comment-785 Brian Tue, 08 Jan 2008 00:08:40 +0000 http://www.briankaneonline.com/2008/01/07/stop-the-presses/#comment-785 <i>the Parade mag is printed entirely separately from the newspapers with which it is bundled, so it wasn’t up to the “host” newspapers to change anything</i> Right. Parade should have sent a separate notice to be included with each paper as they were bundled with the magazines for delivery. The papers aren't printed and bundled until late Saturday, which gave Parade still more than a week to send small printed notices to be included with the magazines. They just didn't want to spend the money. Check out <a href="http://poynter.org/article_feedback/article_feedback_list.asp?id=135371" rel="nofollow">this discussion thread</a> at the professional journalism site Poynter.org and see how embarrassed and angry the journalism community is about this. the Parade mag is printed entirely separately from the newspapers with which it is bundled, so it wasn’t up to the “host” newspapers to change anything

Right. Parade should have sent a separate notice to be included with each paper as they were bundled with the magazines for delivery. The papers aren’t printed and bundled until late Saturday, which gave Parade still more than a week to send small printed notices to be included with the magazines. They just didn’t want to spend the money.

Check out this discussion thread at the professional journalism site Poynter.org and see how embarrassed and angry the journalism community is about this.

]]> By: shelley http://www.briankaneonline.com/2008/01/07/stop-the-presses/comment-page-1/#comment-783 shelley Mon, 07 Jan 2008 23:51:50 +0000 http://www.briankaneonline.com/2008/01/07/stop-the-presses/#comment-783 According to <a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=17887078" rel="nofollow">an NPR story I heard yesterday</a>, the Parade mag is printed entirely separately from the newspapers with which it is bundled, so it wasn't up to the "host" newspapers to change anything -- they aren't the publishers. Not that this is any excuse, but the report stated that it would have cost millions to change the cover and story, and the Parade publishers decided the cover story was still important and relevant. (It probably *is* relevant, but adding a note/disclaimer would have been a better approach.) What I don't understand, though, is why the "host" papers didn't just exclude the whole insert under the circumstances. Most readers don't understand that Parade is not part of their own local paper, partly because it carries the name of the host right on it (which is probably part of why it costs so much to print: many diff versions for all the hundreds of papers with which it is included). It reflects badly on the newspapers and, if I were, say, the publisher of the Boston Globe, I would have just dumped the whole Parade mag for this week. According to an NPR story I heard yesterday, the Parade mag is printed entirely separately from the newspapers with which it is bundled, so it wasn’t up to the “host” newspapers to change anything — they aren’t the publishers. Not that this is any excuse, but the report stated that it would have cost millions to change the cover and story, and the Parade publishers decided the cover story was still important and relevant. (It probably *is* relevant, but adding a note/disclaimer would have been a better approach.) What I don’t understand, though, is why the “host” papers didn’t just exclude the whole insert under the circumstances. Most readers don’t understand that Parade is not part of their own local paper, partly because it carries the name of the host right on it (which is probably part of why it costs so much to print: many diff versions for all the hundreds of papers with which it is included). It reflects badly on the newspapers and, if I were, say, the publisher of the Boston Globe, I would have just dumped the whole Parade mag for this week.

]]> By: Brian http://www.briankaneonline.com/2008/01/07/stop-the-presses/comment-page-1/#comment-777 Brian Mon, 07 Jan 2008 19:00:04 +0000 http://www.briankaneonline.com/2008/01/07/stop-the-presses/#comment-777 The assassination was more than a week prior to yesterday's issue. Given current technology used by the very newspapers that carry Parade, they had the time to offer an updated cover at least. Even if they aren't strictly a news magazine, the element of timeliness was certainly a consideration in this particular story. The assassination was more than a week prior to yesterday’s issue. Given current technology used by the very newspapers that carry Parade, they had the time to offer an updated cover at least. Even if they aren’t strictly a news magazine, the element of timeliness was certainly a consideration in this particular story.

]]> By: GoingLikeSixty http://www.briankaneonline.com/2008/01/07/stop-the-presses/comment-page-1/#comment-776 GoingLikeSixty Mon, 07 Jan 2008 18:50:44 +0000 http://www.briankaneonline.com/2008/01/07/stop-the-presses/#comment-776 Hi, The Parade magazine was already in the hands of newspapers when she was assassinated. Since Parade isn't a news magazine, they are unable to handle "breaking" events. Hi,
The Parade magazine was already in the hands of newspapers when she was assassinated. Since Parade isn’t a news magazine, they are unable to handle “breaking” events.

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