Back to the dirty old town

Back to the dirty, old town, just to leave it again at the end of this month. I will miss it, but it stays here to visit. Along with some very good friends, and along the bitter taste it leaves, because of the cause of the whole situation. More and detailed about it in the following posts. A small intro: the subject will be presented from two aspects: the exploitation of workforce being masked under the title of "corporate social responsibility" and exploitation of the title "journalism" for something people usually call PR, or lobbying. Everyone who has had an exploitative contract in the EU circles or further, everyone who has interest or a whish to post here on these two subjects is very welcome to do so. Anonymity guaranteed. For preparation: a nice little comment on our subjects' probable idol, Rupert: Read All About It
by Steve Coll More links, pictures, documents, letters etc will be posted soon.

Good and bad news

nice read from FT : "The European ombudsman, who polices European Union institutions, said the Commission was “wrongly blanking out the names of industry lobbyists” in documents released to the public, in defiance of 2001 rules." Remains to wonder whether this complaint by the Corporate Europe Observatory could also be extended to lobbying in the media being declared as journalism ...

In Protest of Sale, Dow Director Quits

By RICHARD PÉREZ-PEÑA

Published: July 20, 2007 "Citing concerns about journalistic standards, Dow Jones director Dieter von Holtzbrinck resigned Thursday to protest the planned sale of the company to News Corporation" __________________________________________________________________________________ the in-depth article about Rupert's take over: Annals of Communications

Promises, Promises

What might the Wall Street Journal become if Rupert Murdoch owned it? by Ken Auletta __________________________________________________________________ some of my acquaintances, ex-colleagues and some journalists in EU Brussels circles could confirm that there is an individual, quite similar to Rupert by ambition, but with far less influence and contrary to Rupert, no charm at all ...