Mitch Albom: Day 2
Mitch Albom contiues to take some hits for his error in last weekends paper. According to the radio Mitch was on the local news this morning pointing his finger directly at the editor(s). I am willing to bet the unemployment rate in Michigan will soon be going up by at least one.
Mitch is always a little "holier than thou" on his afternoon radio program. perhaps this will knock some of that off. He is clearly a very talented writer. Unfortunately for Mitch his new found love for writing fiction should not bleed over to his journalism job at the Detroit Free Press.
More coverage:
MSNBC
CBS Sportsline
Wizbang
CNN
A few more comments from his peers.
Poynter Online is a web portal for journalists. Here are a few of the interesting comments related to Mitch:
From LEON FREILICH:
MISINFORMATION, PLEASE
You're calling Mitch Albom
With a host of queries?
He's busy describing
The next World Series.
--Leon Freilich
From FRANK SENNETT:
Mitch Albom's 2003 column on Jayson Blair serves as the most damning argument why he's got to go after making up events for his column last week. Key quote:
"What [Blair] doesn't get is that journalism is not Hollywood. It's not about closing the deal. It's not about face time. It's about -- simply put -- telling the truth."
From RUSS MITCHELL: Next from Amazon?
THE FIVE PEOPLE YOU MEET IN HELL
by Mitch Albom
Albom goes to hell where he sequentially encounters five pivotal figures from his life (a la A Christmas Carol). Each person, guilty of journalism's mortal sin, fabrication, has been waiting for him in hell, and, as Albom reveals, each life (and death) was woven into his own in ways he never suspected. Each soul has a story to tell, a secret to reveal, and a lesson to share. Through them Albom understands the meaning of his own life even as his arrival only intensifies their torment.
And my favorite:
From DAVID HANNERS:
If Mitch Albom was going to tell us in advance who'd be at the game, what they were wearing and how they got there, he could've at least gone one more small step and told us what the score was gonna be. Woulda saved me some dough.
Mitch is always a little "holier than thou" on his afternoon radio program. perhaps this will knock some of that off. He is clearly a very talented writer. Unfortunately for Mitch his new found love for writing fiction should not bleed over to his journalism job at the Detroit Free Press.
More coverage:
MSNBC
CBS Sportsline
Wizbang
CNN
A few more comments from his peers.
Poynter Online is a web portal for journalists. Here are a few of the interesting comments related to Mitch:
From LEON FREILICH:
MISINFORMATION, PLEASE
You're calling Mitch Albom
With a host of queries?
He's busy describing
The next World Series.
--Leon Freilich
From FRANK SENNETT:
Mitch Albom's 2003 column on Jayson Blair serves as the most damning argument why he's got to go after making up events for his column last week. Key quote:
"What [Blair] doesn't get is that journalism is not Hollywood. It's not about closing the deal. It's not about face time. It's about -- simply put -- telling the truth."
From RUSS MITCHELL: Next from Amazon?
THE FIVE PEOPLE YOU MEET IN HELL
by Mitch Albom
Albom goes to hell where he sequentially encounters five pivotal figures from his life (a la A Christmas Carol). Each person, guilty of journalism's mortal sin, fabrication, has been waiting for him in hell, and, as Albom reveals, each life (and death) was woven into his own in ways he never suspected. Each soul has a story to tell, a secret to reveal, and a lesson to share. Through them Albom understands the meaning of his own life even as his arrival only intensifies their torment.
And my favorite:
From DAVID HANNERS:
If Mitch Albom was going to tell us in advance who'd be at the game, what they were wearing and how they got there, he could've at least gone one more small step and told us what the score was gonna be. Woulda saved me some dough.
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