Another tale of newspaper management losing their sense of humour in their constant striving for excellence. The Press Gazette carries the story of two subs at the South China Morning Post sacked for putting together a traditional leaving frontpage. Head Humourless Hack, Mark Clifford, took exception to the use of C**t in a headline and sacked the subs. In a rare moment of unanimity in a newsroom the assorted journos have signed a no-confidence motion in Clifford. Clifford says in an explanatory email that "We must strive for excellence in everything." Well it looks to me to be an excellent leaving front page. And "There is no room here for people who flout journalistic ethics of fairness and accuracy." Well, not knowing Niall Fraser it's difficult to say whether it is accurate and fair or not. However, I have built up a certain idea of what Clifford is.
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Nice intro and true
"Irreverent [check that] farewell front pages are as much a part of journalistic culture as messy desks [check] and bad pay [check]."
Oh and crap management [check]. I must be a real journo. Hurrah and now off to the pub.
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