Conflict of interest at APSE?

Ok, great example.

 

Really, the line has to be drawn someplace and who the hell loses if the line is drawn here? Are the people running APSE unaware that the industry is reeling and morale sucks and people are clinging to a few little holdout ideals that separate journalists from the rest of a sellout world? And if people want them to take a small stand in preserving what little integrity remains in some sectors, then they goddamn well should put aside their personal allegiance and just do it. If we can't count on them to deal head-on with their "sticky wicket" instead of taking the easy way out as they are doing now, then they as editors and as industry spokespeople have exactly what use to the rest of us? The pioneers of APSE were not completely pleasant people and I can't imagine some of those gruff old bastards avoiding their duty this way. They started the damn thing as way of getting more respect for sports journalism, not to erode it.

 

From the metacritical wormhole: here's the link to this thread on Romensko.

http://poynter.org/column.asp?id=45

Curiouser and curiouser.

 

wfw

 

Congrats to Fenian on getting his quote on Romenesko.


For the record, I always thought having the Pulitzer Board (made up of major domos from the WP, AP and the NYT) vote yea or nay on the finalists voted on the jurors was something kind of smelly. But journalism has always been kind of myopic when it comes to the appearance of impropriety.

 

Incredible, but true.

 

So some conflicts of interest are A-OK, then. Gotcha.

 

Bruce, the Sox aren't signing Edes', Ryan's, Shaughnessy's or Murray Chass' checks.

MLB is signing Jenks' checks.

Sorry, not much parsing here.

 

Bruce, you're missing the reciprocal. The Red Sox, in theory, also profit by the coverage of the N.Y. Times. Yet, they are independent of eachother.
That's not the case in the MLB paradigm.

 

So, that's how the Idaho State Journal keeps winning awards.

 

To those of you who are outraged by this, who outside of the business is even aware of this so-called appearance or perception of impropriety?
This whole debate is an inside the industry thing that no reader will ever know about....not that they'd care, either.


And am I the only one who thinks this hoppes coment is condescending:

Wednesday afternoon: A story on the results will be shipped to the Associated Press and you get pats on the back for your great work.


Sorry, oh great Mr. Hoppes, I don't need a pat on the back from a bunch of pompous pricks.