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href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622042707/http://www.poynter.org/author/bmullin/" title="Posts by Benjamin Mullin" rel="author">Benjamin Mullin</a></span> <span class="meta-datetime"> <span class="meta-date">June 19, 2015</span> <span class="meta-time">3:55 pm</span> </span> </p> <div class="excerpt"><p>The Sunlight Foundation, the Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit dedicated to promoting transparency in government, is losing four of its staffers within the coming weeks, Poynter has learned.</p> <p>Gabriela Schneider, The Sunlight Foundation’s communications director, announced to staffers earlier this week in an email she was leaving to join <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622042707/https://www.issueone.org/mission-vision/">Issue One</a>, a nonprofit dedicated to encouraging the passage of campaign finance reform.</p> <p>The foundation is also losing senior fellow Bill Allison, who is leaving to take a job at Foreign Policy as a reporter covering transnational 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Allison, formerly the foundation’s <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622042707/https://web.archive.org/web/20140403055108/http://sunlightfoundation.com/team/">editorial director</a>, changed jobs after a <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622042707/http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/316607/3-leave-in-restructuring-of-sunlight-foundation/">restructuring</a> earlier this year that saw the combination of the nonprofit’s reporting arm and communications team.</p> <p>Also leaving Sunlight is James Turk, the head of the nonprofit’s open-source community devoted to using technology to transform government. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622042707/http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/352297/4-staffers-to-exit-the-sunlight-foundation/" class="read-more">Read more</a></p></div> <div class="breadcrumbs"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622042707/http://www.poynter.org/category/news/" title="View all posts in News">News</a> <span class="arrow-right">→</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622042707/http://www.poynter.org/category/news/mediawire/" title="View all posts in MediaWire">MediaWire</a></div> <dl class="article-tools"> <dt>Tools:</dt> <dd><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622042707/http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/352297/4-staffers-to-exit-the-sunlight-foundation/#disqus_thread" class="comments"><span class="dsq-postid" rel="352297 http://www.poynter.org/?p=352297">0 Comments</span></a></dd> <dd><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622042707/http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/352297/4-staffers-to-exit-the-sunlight-foundation/" class="permalink">Permalink</a></dd> <dd> <div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style "> <a class="addthis_button_email" addthis:url="http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/352297/4-staffers-to-exit-the-sunlight-foundation/" addthis:title="4 staffers to exit The Sunlight Foundation">Email</a> <a class="addthis_button_compact" addthis:url="http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/352297/4-staffers-to-exit-the-sunlight-foundation/" addthis:title="4 staffers to exit The Sunlight Foundation">Share</a> </div> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622042707js_/http://s7.addthis.com/js/250/addthis_widget.js#username=xa-4ccb31260be55b75"></script> </dd> </dl> </div> </div> <div id="acm_ad_zones-11" class="widget acm_ad_zones"> <div id="acm-ad-tag-1426872050403-5" style="width:728px; height:90px;"> <script type="text/javascript"> googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('acm-ad-tag-1426872050403-5'); }); </script> </div> </div> <div id="post-352291" class="entry-content post- excerpt-1"> <div class="article excerpt"> <h2 class="article"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622042707/http://www.poynter.org/?post_type=post&p=352291" title="Permalink to Tentative deal in Philly on one of two labor pacts" rel="bookmark">Tentative deal in Philly on one of two labor pacts</a> </h2> <p class="article-meta"> <span class="meta-byline"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622042707/http://www.poynter.org/author/jwarren/" title="Posts by James Warren" rel="author">James Warren</a></span> <span class="meta-datetime"> <span class="meta-date">June 19, 2015</span> <span class="meta-time">1:50 pm</span> </span> </p> <div class="excerpt"><p>A tentative deal has been reached on one contract in ongoing newspaper negotiations in Philadelphia.</p> <p>Both sides confirmed Friday that they have essentially completed the smaller of two related contracts. It involves about 50 Newspaper Guild members at Philly.com.</p> <p>The larger of the two contracts involves 400 members at the Inquirer and Daily News. </p> <p>“We are pleased to share that, as a result of approximately eight hours of negotiations yesterday with a federal mediator, representatives of the Company and the Guild signed a tentative agreement for Philly.com,” said Keith Black, vice-president of human resources for the employer, Philadelphia Media Network.</p> <p>Bill Ross, executive director for the union, also confirmed via email what he underscored is a “tentative” deal, while saying there were still matters to be finalized, notably on healthcare. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622042707/http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/352291/tentative-deal-in-philly-on-one-of-two-labor-pacts/" class="read-more">Read more</a></p></div> <div class="breadcrumbs"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622042707/http://www.poynter.org/category/news/" title="View all posts in News">News</a> <span class="arrow-right">→</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622042707/http://www.poynter.org/category/news/mediawire/" title="View all posts in MediaWire">MediaWire</a></div> <dl class="article-tools"> <dt>Tools:</dt> <dd><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622042707/http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/352291/tentative-deal-in-philly-on-one-of-two-labor-pacts/#disqus_thread" class="comments"><span class="dsq-postid" rel="352291 http://www.poynter.org/?p=352291">0 Comments</span></a></dd> <dd><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622042707/http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/352291/tentative-deal-in-philly-on-one-of-two-labor-pacts/" class="permalink">Permalink</a></dd> <dd> <div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style "> <a class="addthis_button_email" addthis:url="http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/352291/tentative-deal-in-philly-on-one-of-two-labor-pacts/" addthis:title="Tentative deal in Philly on one of two labor pacts">Email</a> <a class="addthis_button_compact" addthis:url="http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/352291/tentative-deal-in-philly-on-one-of-two-labor-pacts/" addthis:title="Tentative deal in Philly on one of two labor pacts">Share</a> </div> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622042707js_/http://s7.addthis.com/js/250/addthis_widget.js#username=xa-4ccb31260be55b75"></script> </dd> </dl> </div> </div> <div id="post-352281" class="entry-content post-feature-secondary excerpt-2"> <div class="article excerpt"> <div class="image-right"><img width="100" height="101" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622042707im_/http://www.poynter.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/BrianWilliams-100.jpg" class="attachment-article-medium wp-post-image" alt="BrianWilliams-100"/></div> <h2 class="article"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622042707/http://www.poynter.org/?post_type=post&p=352281" title="Permalink to What Brian Williams said and what he should have said" rel="bookmark">What Brian Williams said and what he should have said</a> </h2> <p class="article-meta"> <span class="meta-byline"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622042707/http://www.poynter.org/author/atompkins/" title="Posts by Al Tompkins" rel="author">Al Tompkins</a></span> <span class="meta-datetime"> <span class="meta-date">June 19, 2015</span> <span class="meta-time">12:34 pm</span> </span> </p> <div class="excerpt"><p> <div id="attachment_352285" style="width: 310px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622042707/http://www.poynter.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/bwill_speaking.png"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622042707im_/http://www.poynter.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/bwill_speaking-300x167.png" alt="Screen capture from the Today Show. " width="300" height="167" class="size-medium wp-image-352285"/></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Screen capture from the Today Show.</p></div>Brian Williams’ attempt to explain himself to the Today Show’s Matt Lauer didn’t explain anything. And one reason his mea culpa rang hollow is because Williams did what children and criminals do; he used passive verbs when he should have used active verbs.</p> <p>Williams said:</p> <blockquote><p><em> “</em>I would like to take this opportunity to say that what has happened in the past has been identified and torn apart by me and has been fixed. Has been dealt with. And going forward there are going to be different rules of the road.<em>“</em></p></blockquote> <p>He does not say WHAT has been identified or WHAT has happened. He does not say HOW those mistakes have been fixed and he does not say what the new rules of the road will be. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622042707/http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/352281/what-brian-williams-said-and-what-he-should-have-said/" class="read-more">Read more</a></p></div> <div class="breadcrumbs"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622042707/http://www.poynter.org/category/news/" title="View all posts in News">News</a> <span class="arrow-right">→</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622042707/http://www.poynter.org/category/news/mediawire/" title="View all posts in MediaWire">MediaWire</a></div> <dl class="article-tools"> <dt>Tools:</dt> <dd><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622042707/http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/352281/what-brian-williams-said-and-what-he-should-have-said/#disqus_thread" class="comments"><span class="dsq-postid" rel="352281 http://www.poynter.org/?p=352281">0 Comments</span></a></dd> <dd><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622042707/http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/352281/what-brian-williams-said-and-what-he-should-have-said/" class="permalink">Permalink</a></dd> <dd> <div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style "> <a class="addthis_button_email" addthis:url="http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/352281/what-brian-williams-said-and-what-he-should-have-said/" addthis:title="What Brian Williams said and what he should have said">Email</a> <a class="addthis_button_compact" addthis:url="http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/352281/what-brian-williams-said-and-what-he-should-have-said/" addthis:title="What Brian Williams said and what he should have said">Share</a> </div> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622042707js_/http://s7.addthis.com/js/250/addthis_widget.js#username=xa-4ccb31260be55b75"></script> </dd> </dl> </div> </div> <div id="post-352263" class="entry-content post-feature-primary excerpt-3"> <div class="article excerpt"> <div class="image-right"><img width="160" height="96" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622042707im_/http://www.poynter.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/matt-brian-160x96.jpg" class="attachment-article-medium wp-post-image" alt="matt-brian"/></div> <h2 class="article"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622042707/http://www.poynter.org/?post_type=post&p=352263" title="Permalink to The big question in the Brian Williams-Matt Lauer interview" rel="bookmark">The big question in the Brian Williams-Matt Lauer interview</a> </h2> <p class="article-meta"> <span class="meta-byline"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622042707/http://www.poynter.org/author/jwarren/" title="Posts by James Warren" rel="author">James Warren</a></span> <span class="meta-datetime"> <span class="meta-date">June 19, 2015</span> <span class="meta-time">11:20 am</span> </span> </p> <div class="excerpt"><p> <div id="attachment_352271" style="width: 310px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622042707/http://www.poynter.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Screen-Shot-2015-06-19-at-8.48.jpg"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622042707im_/http://www.poynter.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Screen-Shot-2015-06-19-at-8.48-300x163.jpg" alt="Screengrab from Brian Williams-Matt Lauer interview." width="300" height="163" class="size-medium wp-image-352271"/></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Screengrab from Brian Williams-Matt Lauer interview.</p></div><br/> Does Brian Williams think he lied? And does it matter?</p> <p>His previously taped, firm-but-friendly Friday morning “Today” interview with Matt Lauer in part turned on a differentiation that some might see as revealing.</p> <p>When asked if he realized he was lying while telling viewers his Iraq helicopter story, he responded, “Looking back it had to have been ego that made me think I had to be sharper, funnier, quicker than anybody else.” </p> <p>There was a reflex to “put myself closer to the action,” even though he’d been amid the same action all along.</p> <p>He indicated that he’d told the same tale correctly for years “before I told it incorrectly.”</p> <p>Predictably, Lauer asked about the possibility that some set of viewers won’t believe he’s totally fessed up. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622042707/http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/352263/the-big-question-in-the-brian-williams-matt-lauer-interview/" class="read-more">Read more</a></p></div> <div class="breadcrumbs"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622042707/http://www.poynter.org/category/news/" title="View all posts in News">News</a> <span class="arrow-right">→</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622042707/http://www.poynter.org/category/news/mediawire/" title="View all posts in MediaWire">MediaWire</a></div> <dl class="article-tools"> <dt>Tools:</dt> <dd><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622042707/http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/352263/the-big-question-in-the-brian-williams-matt-lauer-interview/#disqus_thread" class="comments"><span class="dsq-postid" rel="352263 http://www.poynter.org/?p=352263">0 Comments</span></a></dd> <dd><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622042707/http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/352263/the-big-question-in-the-brian-williams-matt-lauer-interview/" class="permalink">Permalink</a></dd> <dd> <div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style "> <a class="addthis_button_email" addthis:url="http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/352263/the-big-question-in-the-brian-williams-matt-lauer-interview/" addthis:title="The big question in the Brian Williams-Matt Lauer interview">Email</a> <a class="addthis_button_compact" addthis:url="http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/352263/the-big-question-in-the-brian-williams-matt-lauer-interview/" addthis:title="The big question in the Brian Williams-Matt Lauer interview">Share</a> </div> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622042707js_/http://s7.addthis.com/js/250/addthis_widget.js#username=xa-4ccb31260be55b75"></script> </dd> </dl> </div> </div> <div id="post-352235" class="entry-content post-feature-secondary excerpt-4"> <div class="article excerpt"> <div class="image-right"><img width="100" height="100" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622042707im_/http://www.poynter.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/DanWasserman1.png" class="attachment-article-medium wp-post-image" alt="DanWasserman"/></div> <h2 class="article"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622042707/http://www.poynter.org/?post_type=post&p=352235" title="Permalink to 4 editorial cartoonists react to Charleston church shooting" rel="bookmark">4 editorial cartoonists react to Charleston church shooting</a> </h2> <p class="article-meta"> <span class="meta-byline"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622042707/http://www.poynter.org/author/bmullin/" title="Posts by Benjamin Mullin" rel="author">Benjamin Mullin</a></span> <span class="meta-datetime"> <span class="meta-date">June 19, 2015</span> <span class="meta-time">10:35 am</span> </span> </p> <div class="excerpt"><p>On Thursday night, “Daily Show” host Jon Stewart devoted <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622042707/http://thedailyshow.cc.com/videos/kb2h42/charleston-church-shooting">his opening segment</a> — usually a sendup of the news of the day — to a monologue about shootings in America. Ditching the jokes, Stewart opted instead to point out a disparity in the way the media covers violence at home and abroad.</p> <p>“We invaded two countries and spent trillions of dollars and thousands of American lives and now fly unmanned death machines over like five or six different countries all to keep Americans safe. We gotta do whatever we can — we’ll torture people. We’ve gotta do whatever we can to keep Americans safe. Nine people shot in a church. What about that?”</p> <p>Stewart was joined in his indignation by several editorial cartoonists, who took a break from skewering politicians to call attention to the church shooting in Charleston, South Carolina that left nine dead:</p> <p><strong><em><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622042707/http://www.courant.com/opinion/cartoons/hc-charleston-s-carolina-20150618-story.html">Bob Englehart, “Hate Kills”</a></em></strong></p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">My cartoon and blog about the evil in S.</p></blockquote> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622042707/http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/352235/4-editorial-cartoonists-react-to-charleston-church-shooting/" class="read-more">Read more</a></div> <div class="breadcrumbs"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622042707/http://www.poynter.org/category/news/" title="View all posts in News">News</a> <span class="arrow-right">→</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622042707/http://www.poynter.org/category/news/mediawire/" title="View all posts in MediaWire">MediaWire</a></div> <dl class="article-tools"> <dt>Tools:</dt> <dd><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622042707/http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/352235/4-editorial-cartoonists-react-to-charleston-church-shooting/#disqus_thread" class="comments"><span class="dsq-postid" rel="352235 http://www.poynter.org/?p=352235">0 Comments</span></a></dd> <dd><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622042707/http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/352235/4-editorial-cartoonists-react-to-charleston-church-shooting/" class="permalink">Permalink</a></dd> <dd> <div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style "> <a class="addthis_button_email" addthis:url="http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/352235/4-editorial-cartoonists-react-to-charleston-church-shooting/" addthis:title="4 editorial cartoonists react to Charleston church shooting">Email</a> <a class="addthis_button_compact" addthis:url="http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/352235/4-editorial-cartoonists-react-to-charleston-church-shooting/" addthis:title="4 editorial cartoonists react to Charleston church shooting">Share</a> </div> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622042707js_/http://s7.addthis.com/js/250/addthis_widget.js#username=xa-4ccb31260be55b75"></script> </dd> </dl> </div> </div> <div id="post-352201" class="entry-content post- excerpt-5"> <div class="article excerpt"> <h2 class="article"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622042707/http://www.poynter.org/?post_type=post&p=352201" title="Permalink to Brian Williams declines to disclose results of NBC News investigation" rel="bookmark">Brian Williams declines to disclose results of NBC News investigation</a> </h2> <p class="article-meta"> <span class="meta-byline"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622042707/http://www.poynter.org/author/bmullin/" title="Posts by Benjamin Mullin" rel="author">Benjamin Mullin</a></span> <span class="meta-datetime"> <span class="meta-date">June 19, 2015</span> <span class="meta-time">8:31 am</span> </span> </p> <div class="excerpt"><div style="position:relative; padding-bottom:63%; padding-bottom:-webkit-calc(56.25% + 50px); padding-bottom:calc(56.25% + 50px); height: 0;"></div> <p>Former “NBC Nightly News” anchor Brian Williams broke his silence Friday morning after enduring months of public scrutiny following a scandal that saw his removal from network air and prolonged speculation about the fate of his career in the news business.</p> <p>The comments came during an interview with “Today” co-host Matt Lauer broadcast on that show in two segments.</p> <p>During the course of the interview, Williams acknowledged that he’d made mistakes, but stopped short of characterizing his erroneous statements as intentional lies. Instead, he attributed them to his unchecked ego, which he said led him to exaggerate his role in stories. </p> <p>“I was not trying to mislead people,” Williams said. “That was the huge difference here. No. It came from a bad place. It came from a sloppy choice of words. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622042707/http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/352201/brian-williams-declines-to-disclose-results-of-nbc-news-investigation/" class="read-more">Read more</a></p></div> <div class="breadcrumbs"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622042707/http://www.poynter.org/category/news/" title="View all posts in News">News</a> <span class="arrow-right">→</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622042707/http://www.poynter.org/category/news/mediawire/" title="View all posts in MediaWire">MediaWire</a></div> <dl class="article-tools"> <dt>Tools:</dt> <dd><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622042707/http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/352201/brian-williams-declines-to-disclose-results-of-nbc-news-investigation/#disqus_thread" class="comments"><span class="dsq-postid" rel="352201 http://www.poynter.org/?p=352201">0 Comments</span></a></dd> <dd><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622042707/http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/352201/brian-williams-declines-to-disclose-results-of-nbc-news-investigation/" class="permalink">Permalink</a></dd> <dd> <div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style "> <a class="addthis_button_email" addthis:url="http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/352201/brian-williams-declines-to-disclose-results-of-nbc-news-investigation/" addthis:title="Brian Williams declines to disclose results of NBC News investigation">Email</a> <a class="addthis_button_compact" addthis:url="http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/352201/brian-williams-declines-to-disclose-results-of-nbc-news-investigation/" addthis:title="Brian Williams declines to disclose results of NBC News investigation">Share</a> </div> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622042707js_/http://s7.addthis.com/js/250/addthis_widget.js#username=xa-4ccb31260be55b75"></script> </dd> </dl> </div> </div> <div id="post-352173" class="entry-content post- excerpt-6"> <div class="article excerpt"> <h2 class="article"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622042707/http://www.poynter.org/?post_type=post&p=352173" title="Permalink to Is Brian Williams’ rehab part of MSNBC’s rehab?" rel="bookmark">Is Brian Williams’ rehab part of MSNBC’s rehab?</a> </h2> <p class="article-meta"> <span class="meta-byline"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622042707/http://www.poynter.org/author/jwarren/" title="Posts by James Warren" rel="author">James Warren</a></span> <span class="meta-datetime"> <span class="meta-date">June 19, 2015</span> <span class="meta-time">8:05 am</span> </span> </p> <div class="excerpt"><p>Good morning.</p> <ol style="counter-reset: li; margin-left: 0; padding-left: 0;"> <li style="position: relative; margin: 2em 0 6px 2em; padding: 4px 8px; ; background: transparent;"><strong style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-weight: 100; font-size: 18px; display: block;">“Apology tour” said to meet some resistance</strong> <p>Brian Williams' August return from suspension sounds like a Major League team sending a star to the minors on a rehab assignment of indefinite duration. Even that was not greeted well by some colleagues in D.C. Thursday during an "apology tour" (<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622042707/http://money.cnn.com/2015/06/18/media/brian-williams-nbc-apology/index.html">CNN Money</a>) that includes his Friday "Today" chat with Matt Lauer ("I own up" to the fabrications," he said, referring to the whole saga as "torture"). There's the suggestion, too, that the stars (low ratings at MSNBC) are aligned in his favor, given the need for the network to reinvent itself. It's done that adeptly before and Williams' new "breaking news" mandate could provide a boost craved by the corporate bosses. (<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622042707/http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/msnbc-rehab-in-the-works-with-ongoing-tilt-toward-news-not-pundits/2015/06/18/5b1e0f28-15d0-11e5-9ddc-e3353542100c_story.html">Washington Post</a>)</p> </li><li style="position: relative; margin: 2em 0 6px 2em; padding: 4px 8px; ; background: transparent;"><strong style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-weight: 100; font-size: 18px; display: block;">No deal yet in Philly after long Thursday bargaining</strong> <p>Eight hours of bargaining played out between management and the Newspaper Guild, which represents workers at the Inquirer, Daily News and Philly.com.</p></li></ol> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622042707/http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/352173/is-brian-williams-rehab-part-of-msnbc-rehab/" class="read-more">Read more</a></div> <div class="breadcrumbs"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622042707/http://www.poynter.org/category/news/" title="View all posts in News">News</a> <span class="arrow-right">→</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622042707/http://www.poynter.org/category/news/mediawire/" title="View all posts in MediaWire">MediaWire</a></div> <dl class="article-tools"> <dt>Tools:</dt> <dd><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622042707/http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/352173/is-brian-williams-rehab-part-of-msnbc-rehab/#disqus_thread" class="comments"><span class="dsq-postid" rel="352173 http://www.poynter.org/?p=352173">0 Comments</span></a></dd> <dd><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622042707/http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/352173/is-brian-williams-rehab-part-of-msnbc-rehab/" class="permalink">Permalink</a></dd> <dd> <div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style "> <a class="addthis_button_email" addthis:url="http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/352173/is-brian-williams-rehab-part-of-msnbc-rehab/" addthis:title="Is Brian Williams’ rehab part of MSNBC’s rehab?">Email</a> <a class="addthis_button_compact" addthis:url="http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/352173/is-brian-williams-rehab-part-of-msnbc-rehab/" addthis:title="Is Brian Williams’ rehab part of MSNBC’s rehab?">Share</a> </div> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622042707js_/http://s7.addthis.com/js/250/addthis_widget.js#username=xa-4ccb31260be55b75"></script> </dd> </dl> </div> </div> <h3 class="edition">Thursday, June 18, 2015</h3> <div id="post-352107" class="entry-content post-feature-secondary excerpt-7"> <div class="article excerpt"> <div class="image-right"><img width="100" height="86" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622042707im_/http://www.poynter.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/briwi-100.jpg" class="attachment-article-medium wp-post-image" alt="briwi-100"/></div> <h2 class="article"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622042707/http://www.poynter.org/?post_type=post&p=352107" title="Permalink to Is going to MSNBC a blessing in disguise for Brian Williams?" rel="bookmark">Is going to MSNBC a blessing in disguise for Brian Williams?</a> </h2> <p class="article-meta"> <span class="meta-byline"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622042707/http://www.poynter.org/author/jwarren/" title="Posts by James Warren" rel="author">James Warren</a></span> <span class="meta-datetime"> <span class="meta-date">June 18, 2015</span> <span class="meta-time">4:24 pm</span> </span> </p> <div class="excerpt"><p> <div id="attachment_352165" style="width: 310px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622042707/http://www.poynter.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/briwi-500.jpg"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622042707im_/http://www.poynter.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/briwi-500-300x226.jpg" alt="Brian Williams (AP Photo/Matt Sayles, File)" width="300" height="226" class="size-medium wp-image-352165"/></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Brian Williams (AP Photo/Matt Sayles, File)</p></div>The challenge for Brian Williams and his bosses is clear: going from the butt of derision to a face of MSNBC.</p> <p>“You don’t throw out the baby with the bath water because the water is soiled,” said an NBC anchor to me Thursday</p> <p>Reports surfaced late Wednesday that he’d not return to his evening anchor post. On Thursday came a formal corporate announcement that he’ll do “breaking news” at the cable channel. Meanwhile, he <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622042707/http://money.cnn.com/2015/06/18/media/brian-williams-decision-nbcc">taped an interview with colleague and “Today” co-host Matt Lauer</a>, which will air Friday.</p> <p>Ultimately, the decision was inevitable even if it suggests a distinction without a difference.</p> <p>For his bosses, the evening anchor job at the broadcast network is too high profile, there’s too much advertising money on the table and it wasn’t worth the risk of viewer and internal derision. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622042707/http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/352107/what-does-the-return-of-anchor-brian-williams-really-mean/" class="read-more">Read more</a></p></div> <div class="breadcrumbs"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622042707/http://www.poynter.org/category/news/" title="View all posts in News">News</a> <span class="arrow-right">→</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622042707/http://www.poynter.org/category/news/mediawire/" title="View all posts in MediaWire">MediaWire</a></div> <dl class="article-tools"> <dt>Tools:</dt> <dd><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622042707/http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/352107/what-does-the-return-of-anchor-brian-williams-really-mean/#disqus_thread" class="comments"><span class="dsq-postid" rel="352107 http://www.poynter.org/?p=352107">0 Comments</span></a></dd> <dd><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622042707/http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/352107/what-does-the-return-of-anchor-brian-williams-really-mean/" class="permalink">Permalink</a></dd> <dd> <div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style "> <a class="addthis_button_email" addthis:url="http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/352107/what-does-the-return-of-anchor-brian-williams-really-mean/" addthis:title="Is going to MSNBC a blessing in disguise for Brian Williams?">Email</a> <a class="addthis_button_compact" addthis:url="http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/352107/what-does-the-return-of-anchor-brian-williams-really-mean/" addthis:title="Is going to MSNBC a blessing in disguise for Brian Williams?">Share</a> </div> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622042707js_/http://s7.addthis.com/js/250/addthis_widget.js#username=xa-4ccb31260be55b75"></script> </dd> </dl> </div> </div> <div id="post-352157" class="entry-content post- excerpt-8"> <div class="article excerpt"> <h2 class="article"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622042707/http://www.poynter.org/?post_type=post&p=352157" title="Permalink to NPR corrects: the Battle of Waterloo wasn’t today" rel="bookmark">NPR corrects: the Battle of Waterloo wasn’t today</a> </h2> <p class="article-meta"> <span class="meta-byline"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622042707/http://www.poynter.org/author/bmullin/" title="Posts by Benjamin Mullin" rel="author">Benjamin Mullin</a></span> <span class="meta-datetime"> <span class="meta-date">June 18, 2015</span> <span class="meta-time">4:12 pm</span> </span> </p> <div class="excerpt"><p><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622042707/http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2015/06/18/414614705/appetite-for-war-what-napoleon-and-his-men-ate-on-the-march">NPR</a></strong></p> <p>A recent story from NPR explaining what Napoleon’s men ate while on the warpath carries the following correction:</p> <blockquote><p>An earlier version of this story stated that Napolean called the Breakfast Conference on June 18, 2015. In fact, it was 1815.</p></blockquote> <p>The Breakfast Conference, as the NPR story explains, was a meeting called by Napoleon wherein the commander explained that the battle against the Duke of Wellington’s army would be “over by lunchtime.” <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622042707/http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/352157/npr-corrects-the-battle-of-waterloo-wasnt-today/" class="read-more">Read more</a></p></div> <div class="breadcrumbs"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622042707/http://www.poynter.org/category/news/" title="View all posts in News">News</a> <span class="arrow-right">→</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622042707/http://www.poynter.org/category/news/mediawire/" title="View all posts in MediaWire">MediaWire</a></div> <dl class="article-tools"> <dt>Tools:</dt> <dd><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622042707/http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/352157/npr-corrects-the-battle-of-waterloo-wasnt-today/#disqus_thread" class="comments"><span class="dsq-postid" rel="352157 http://www.poynter.org/?p=352157">0 Comments</span></a></dd> <dd><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622042707/http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/352157/npr-corrects-the-battle-of-waterloo-wasnt-today/" class="permalink">Permalink</a></dd> <dd> <div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style "> <a class="addthis_button_email" addthis:url="http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/352157/npr-corrects-the-battle-of-waterloo-wasnt-today/" addthis:title="NPR corrects: the Battle of Waterloo wasn’t today">Email</a> <a class="addthis_button_compact" addthis:url="http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/352157/npr-corrects-the-battle-of-waterloo-wasnt-today/" addthis:title="NPR corrects: the Battle of Waterloo wasn’t today">Share</a> </div> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622042707js_/http://s7.addthis.com/js/250/addthis_widget.js#username=xa-4ccb31260be55b75"></script> </dd> </dl> </div> </div> <div id="post-352103" class="entry-content post-feature-primary excerpt-9"> <div class="article excerpt"> <div class="image-right"><img width="160" height="96" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622042707im_/http://www.poynter.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/briwi-250-160x96.jpg" class="attachment-article-medium wp-post-image" alt="briwi-250"/></div> <h2 class="article"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622042707/http://www.poynter.org/?post_type=post&p=352103" title="Permalink to NBC and Brian Williams still have explaining to do" rel="bookmark">NBC and Brian Williams still have explaining to do</a> </h2> <p class="article-meta"> <span class="meta-byline"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622042707/http://www.poynter.org/author/al-tompkins/" title="Posts by Al Tompkins" rel="author">Al Tompkins</a></span> <span class="meta-datetime"> <span class="meta-date">June 18, 2015</span> <span class="meta-time">3:30 pm</span> </span> </p> <div class="excerpt"><p><div id="attachment_352145" style="width: 310px" class="wp-caption alignright"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622042707/http://www.poynter.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/briwi-700.jpg"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622042707im_/http://www.poynter.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/briwi-700-300x221.jpg" alt="Brian Williams moderates a debate between presidential candidates in 2008 file photo. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan)" width="300" height="221" class="size-medium wp-image-352145"/></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Brian Williams moderates a debate between presidential candidates in 2008 file photo. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan)</p></div>I believe in second chances and redemption. But NBC’s decision to move Brian Williams to MSNBC isn’t enough of an endgame move for me.</p> <p>NBC News has not released the findings of its investigation into inaccurate and embellished statements that Williams made on the news and on other non-news programs. Williams was interviewed by “Today”‘s Matt Lauer, and those segments will air Friday. In a statement sent to NBC employees, Williams is quoted as saying,</p> <blockquote><p>I’m sorry. I said things that weren’t true. I let down my NBC colleagues and our viewers, and I’m determined to earn back their trust. I will greatly miss working with the team on Nightly News, but I know the broadcast will be in excellent hands with Lester Holt as anchor.</p></blockquote> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622042707/http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/352103/nbc-and-brian-williams-still-have-explaining-to-do/" class="read-more">Read more</a></div> <div class="breadcrumbs"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622042707/http://www.poynter.org/category/news/" title="View all posts in News">News</a> <span class="arrow-right">→</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622042707/http://www.poynter.org/category/news/mediawire/" title="View all posts in MediaWire">MediaWire</a></div> <dl class="article-tools"> <dt>Tools:</dt> <dd><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622042707/http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/352103/nbc-and-brian-williams-still-have-explaining-to-do/#disqus_thread" class="comments"><span class="dsq-postid" rel="352103 http://www.poynter.org/?p=352103">0 Comments</span></a></dd> <dd><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622042707/http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/352103/nbc-and-brian-williams-still-have-explaining-to-do/" class="permalink">Permalink</a></dd> <dd> <div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style "> <a class="addthis_button_email" addthis:url="http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/352103/nbc-and-brian-williams-still-have-explaining-to-do/" addthis:title="NBC and Brian Williams still have explaining to do">Email</a> <a class="addthis_button_compact" addthis:url="http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/352103/nbc-and-brian-williams-still-have-explaining-to-do/" addthis:title="NBC and Brian Williams still have explaining to do">Share</a> </div> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622042707js_/http://s7.addthis.com/js/250/addthis_widget.js#username=xa-4ccb31260be55b75"></script> </dd> </dl> </div> </div> <div id="post-352041" class="entry-content post- excerpt-10"> <div class="article excerpt"> <h2 class="article"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622042707/http://www.poynter.org/?post_type=post&p=352041" title="Permalink to Brian Williams will cover breaking news at MSNBC" rel="bookmark">Brian Williams will cover breaking news at MSNBC</a> </h2> <p class="article-meta"> <span class="meta-byline"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622042707/http://www.poynter.org/author/bmullin/" title="Posts by Benjamin Mullin" rel="author">Benjamin Mullin</a></span> <span class="meta-datetime"> <span class="meta-date">June 18, 2015</span> <span class="meta-time">1:29 pm</span> </span> </p> <div class="excerpt"><div id="attachment_352085" style="width: 360px" class="wp-caption alignright"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622042707im_/http://www.poynter.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/BriWi2.jpg" alt="Williams. (AP)" width="350" height="230" class="size-full wp-image-352085"/><p class="wp-caption-text">Williams. (AP)</p></div> <p>NBC News made official its decision this afternoon to assign embattled anchor Brian Williams to MSNBC as an anchor for breaking news. </p> <p>Lester Holt, who anchored “NBC Nightly News” in Williams’ stead, will become the permanent anchor of the network’s flagship news broadcast.</p> <p>The announcement brings to a close months of questions surrounding the eventual destination of Williams, who was revealed to be embellishing and fabricating tales of his reporting exploits earlier this year after the publication of an exposé from Stars and Stripes. He was given a six-month suspension while NBC News conducted a fact-finding inquiry into claims he made about his own war reportage.</p> <p>Williams will begin at MSNBC in mid-August, according to a prepared statement from NBC News:</p> <blockquote><p>He will work with Mark Lukasiewicz, SVP of Special Reports for NBCU News Group, who will help lead a team to strengthen MSNBC’s daytime coverage by further leveraging NBC News’ expertise in breaking news.</p></blockquote> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622042707/http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/352041/brian-williams-will-cover-breaking-news-at-msnbc/" class="read-more">Read more</a></div> <div class="breadcrumbs"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622042707/http://www.poynter.org/category/news/" title="View all posts in News">News</a> <span class="arrow-right">→</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622042707/http://www.poynter.org/category/news/mediawire/" title="View all posts in MediaWire">MediaWire</a></div> <dl class="article-tools"> <dt>Tools:</dt> <dd><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622042707/http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/352041/brian-williams-will-cover-breaking-news-at-msnbc/#disqus_thread" class="comments"><span class="dsq-postid" rel="352041 http://www.poynter.org/?p=352041">0 Comments</span></a></dd> <dd><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622042707/http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/352041/brian-williams-will-cover-breaking-news-at-msnbc/" class="permalink">Permalink</a></dd> <dd> <div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style "> <a class="addthis_button_email" addthis:url="http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/352041/brian-williams-will-cover-breaking-news-at-msnbc/" addthis:title="Brian Williams will cover breaking news at MSNBC">Email</a> <a class="addthis_button_compact" addthis:url="http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/352041/brian-williams-will-cover-breaking-news-at-msnbc/" addthis:title="Brian Williams will cover breaking news at MSNBC">Share</a> </div> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622042707js_/http://s7.addthis.com/js/250/addthis_widget.js#username=xa-4ccb31260be55b75"></script> </dd> </dl> </div> </div> <div id="post-351987" class="entry-content post- excerpt-11"> <div class="article excerpt"> <h2 class="article"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622042707/http://www.poynter.org/?post_type=post&p=351987" title="Permalink to Twitter is hiring people with ‘newsroom backgrounds’ as real-time curators" rel="bookmark">Twitter is hiring people with ‘newsroom backgrounds’ as real-time curators</a> </h2> <p class="article-meta"> <span class="meta-byline"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622042707/http://www.poynter.org/author/bmullin/" title="Posts by Benjamin Mullin" rel="author">Benjamin Mullin</a></span> <span class="meta-datetime"> <span class="meta-date">June 18, 2015</span> <span class="meta-time">1:05 pm</span> </span> </p> <div class="excerpt"><p><strong><em><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622042707/http://www.buzzfeed.com/mathonan/twitters-top-secret-project-lightning-revealed#.cm43z8mME">BuzzFeed</a></em></strong></p> <p>The last few weeks have seen the continued upheaval of a news distribution model that was already in a state of flux. In May, Facebook rolled out its Instant Articles program, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622042707/http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2015/05/facebooks-instant-articles-are-here.html">marking</a> the first time that news organizations published content within the social network. Earlier this month, Apple <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622042707/http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/349837/3-things-to-know-about-apples-new-news-app/">unveiled</a> its News app, a news reader that will feature content <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622042707/http://www.bidnessetc.com/45467-apple-inc-to-hire-journalists-for-curated-content-on-news-app/">curated by editorial professionals</a>.</p> <p>And now comes word, via BuzzFeed’s Mat Honan, that Twitter is preparing to launch <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622042707/http://www.buzzfeed.com/mathonan/twitters-top-secret-project-lightning-revealed#.cm43z8mME">Project Lightning</a>, a feature that would showcase real-time information feeds relating to ongoing events. 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Matt pointed me toward tweets like this one:</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">ABC just referred to the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622042707/https://twitter.com/hashtag/CharlestonShooting?src=hash">#CharlestonShooting</a> as a tragedy. 

Nah.

A car crash is a tragedy.

Shooting up people in a church is terrorism.</p> <p>— MacTen (@soufside214) <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622042707/https://twitter.com/soufside214/status/611447100795019264">June 18, 2015</a></p></blockquote> <p></p> <p>The shooter, who police say is 21-year-old Dylann Roof, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622042707/http://www.postandcourier.com/article/20150618/PC16/150619404">killed 9 people</a> including the pastor of the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church.</p> <p>These hours, after such an event, are the times when journalists should be using subjective adjectives sparingly. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622042707/http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/351981/church-shooting-choose-your-words-carefully/" class="read-more">Read more</a></p></div> <div class="breadcrumbs"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622042707/http://www.poynter.org/category/how-tos/" title="View all posts in How To's">How To's</a> <span class="arrow-right">→</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622042707/http://www.poynter.org/category/how-tos/advice/" title="View all posts in Advice">Advice</a></div> <dl class="article-tools"> <dt>Tools:</dt> <dd><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622042707/http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/351981/church-shooting-choose-your-words-carefully/#disqus_thread" class="comments"><span class="dsq-postid" rel="351981 http://www.poynter.org/?p=351981">0 Comments</span></a></dd> <dd><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622042707/http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/351981/church-shooting-choose-your-words-carefully/" class="permalink">Permalink</a></dd> <dd> <div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style "> <a class="addthis_button_email" addthis:url="http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/351981/church-shooting-choose-your-words-carefully/" addthis:title="Church shooting: Choose your words carefully">Email</a> <a class="addthis_button_compact" addthis:url="http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/351981/church-shooting-choose-your-words-carefully/" addthis:title="Church shooting: Choose your words carefully">Share</a> </div> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622042707js_/http://s7.addthis.com/js/250/addthis_widget.js#username=xa-4ccb31260be55b75"></script> </dd> </dl> </div> </div> <div id="post-351975" class="entry-content post- excerpt-13"> <div class="article excerpt"> <h2 class="article"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622042707/http://www.poynter.org/?post_type=post&p=351975" title="Permalink to Job cuts begin at The Wall Street Journal" rel="bookmark">Job cuts begin at The Wall Street Journal</a> </h2> <p class="article-meta"> <span class="meta-byline"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622042707/http://www.poynter.org/author/bmullin/" title="Posts by Benjamin Mullin" rel="author">Benjamin Mullin</a></span> <span class="meta-datetime"> <span class="meta-date">June 18, 2015</span> <span class="meta-time">11:07 am</span> </span> </p> <div class="excerpt"><p><strong><em><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622042707/http://www.capitalnewyork.com/article/media/2015/06/8570473/layoffs-hit-emjournalem-newsroom">Capital New York</a></em></strong></p> <p>The Wall Street Journal is undergoing a round of layoffs as that newsroom prepares for “a broad reorganization,” Capital New York’s Joe Pompeo <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622042707/http://www.capitalnewyork.com/article/media/2015/06/8570473/layoffs-hit-emjournalem-newsroom">reports</a>.</p> <p>Quoting Tim Martell, the executive director of the Independent Association of Publishers’ Employees, Pompeo reports that “fewer than 30 pink slips” will be handed out today, but more layoffs are on the way. </p> <p>The New York Times’ Ravi Somaiya tweets that the cuts have been emotional:</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Job cuts have begun at the Wall Street Journal, union confirms. People being called into offices, tears flowing, etc. Story coming soon.</p> <p>— Ravi Somaiya (@ravisomaiya) <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622042707/https://twitter.com/ravisomaiya/status/611547419126407168">June 18, 2015</a></p></blockquote> <p> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622042707/http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/351975/layoffs-hit-the-wall-street-journal/" class="read-more">Read more</a></p></div> <div class="breadcrumbs"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622042707/http://www.poynter.org/category/news/" title="View all posts in News">News</a> <span class="arrow-right">→</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622042707/http://www.poynter.org/category/news/mediawire/" title="View all posts in MediaWire">MediaWire</a></div> <dl class="article-tools"> <dt>Tools:</dt> <dd><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622042707/http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/351975/layoffs-hit-the-wall-street-journal/#disqus_thread" class="comments"><span class="dsq-postid" rel="351975 http://www.poynter.org/?p=351975">0 Comments</span></a></dd> <dd><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622042707/http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/351975/layoffs-hit-the-wall-street-journal/" class="permalink">Permalink</a></dd> <dd> <div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style "> <a class="addthis_button_email" addthis:url="http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/351975/layoffs-hit-the-wall-street-journal/" addthis:title="Job cuts begin at The Wall Street Journal">Email</a> <a class="addthis_button_compact" addthis:url="http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/351975/layoffs-hit-the-wall-street-journal/" addthis:title="Job cuts begin at The Wall Street Journal">Share</a> </div> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622042707js_/http://s7.addthis.com/js/250/addthis_widget.js#username=xa-4ccb31260be55b75"></script> </dd> </dl> </div> </div> <div id="post-351965" class="entry-content post- excerpt-14"> <div class="article excerpt"> <h2 class="article"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622042707/http://www.poynter.org/?post_type=post&p=351965" title="Permalink to Charleston Post and Courier apologizes for gun ad on front page" rel="bookmark">Charleston Post and Courier apologizes for gun ad on front page</a> </h2> <p class="article-meta"> <span class="meta-byline"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622042707/http://www.poynter.org/author/bmullin/" title="Posts by Benjamin Mullin" rel="author">Benjamin Mullin</a></span> <span class="meta-datetime"> <span class="meta-date">June 18, 2015</span> <span class="meta-time">10:47 am</span> </span> </p> <div class="excerpt"><p>The Charleston Post and Courier on Thursday apologized for a front-page sticky note that advertised for a gun shop.</p> <p>“The front-page sticky note that was attached to some home delivery newspapers on the same day as this tragedy is a deeply regrettable coincidence,” the paper said in response to a reader complaint on Facebook. “We apologize to those who were offended.”</p> <p>Here’s the note, which was affixed above a banner headline describing the recent <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622042707/http://www.postandcourier.com/article/20150618/PC16/150619400/clementa-pinckney-state-senator-reverend-dead-in-shooting">shooting rampage</a> in a Charleston church:</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Accentuating the irrationality of the Charleston news, the paper puts an ad for a gun shop on the front page today. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622042707/http://t.co/GyAW4EcKF1">pic.twitter.com/GyAW4EcKF1</a></p> <p>— Jonathan A. 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