Some journalists give journalism a bad name

Courtesy CNET Tech blog  Thu, 12/20/2007 - 8:05am

I don't know how many times I've read a post or an article by some small-minded, self-important journalist advising a public company's board of directors on how to "fix" the company.

The most common advice is "sell the company," "fire the CEO," or better still, "fire all the executives."

Even if a company is screwing up, how is a journalist - whose entire management experience consists of looking at his watch to be sure he files...


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