Tuesday 29 December 2009

Gulf News Journalistic Standards - The Wider Picture

A tip of my virtual tarboush to Aqoul for bringing this news item to my attention.

The attempt to control or influence  the news is a fairly widespread phenomenon. It's not just GCC rulers who can be "tetchy". 

There are a lot of very sensitive and fragile CEOs out there.  Mike Mayo was a victim.  Thomas K. Brown  another.  Many a negative analyst has found himself suddenly dropped from the information flow by a peeved company.  Or the recipient of senior management guidance after a customer has called in at "the top".

That's one reason why there has historically been a strange anomaly in ratings: more "buy" recommendations than "sells".

It seems that AA is in "good" company as he applies Gulf News journalistic standards to his blog.

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