Which Newspaper Has The World’s Most Pointless Public Editor?
There are any number of things that a newspaper’s ombudsman/public editor/fancy-symbolic-spokeswoman might want to write about as the public’s representative at the paper. For instance, they might want to write about why repeated instances of plagiarism by a senior columnist are swept under the carpet.
On the other hand, they could ponder some really truly serious questions instead. You’ll be so surprised to see which side of this picture the Globe & Mail’s public editor falls on. I know I was surprised.
Some of my readers will not want to click on this link, because contrary to what they originally implied when they announced their new paywall, links from sites like this one appear to count towards the 10-article-per-month limit.
Others will be merrily reading Globe & Mail articles without a paywall warning in sight, for one of two reasons.
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Jymn
It took me a couple of readings for it to sink in. At first, Stead’s column looks harmless. But after a few minutes of reading, I’m wondering is ‘harmless’ what we as readers really want?
Saying that, I still don’t get the Orthodox Jew incident Stead talks about. It’s a story about a particular restaurant. Perhaps the writer is describing exactly what was going on and the atmosphere in which it all takes place.
Harmless? Yeah, and why is Stead devoting her time to this minutia?
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Sixth Estate
Sorry, double nickel. I know about that trick too. But until an upcoming post on the matter goes into more detail, I’m reluctant to print any explicit advice on beating a paywall. Such actions would seem to fall afoul of the Harper regime’s new copyright protection laws.