Mediagazer: Conflicting Assertions Over an Electric Car Test Drive (Margaret Sullivan/The Public Editor's …)

9:45 PM ET, February 14, 2013

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John M. Broder / New York Times:

That Tesla Data: What It Says and What It Doesn't — The Model S at the Tesla Supercharger in the Interstate 95 service plaza in Milford, Conn. — Elon Musk , the chief executive of Tesla Motors, has now responded in detail to the account of my test drive of his Model S electric car …

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Margaret Sullivan / The Public Editor's Journal:

Conflicting Assertions Over an Electric Car Test Drive — Let me get this out of the way up front: This blog post will not be the definitive word on the contentious subject of a Times article in Sunday's Automobiles section. It's just an early effort to put some claims and counterclaims out there, while I continue to look into it.

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[UPDATED] Jayson Blair got $3,000 to speak at an ethics forum in 2009 — In the fall of 2009, Edward Wasserman invited disgraced journalist Jayson Blair to speak at Washington and Lee University's Journalism Ethics Institute. The title of his talk was “Lessons Learned.” — Did people protest it?

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The newsonomics of zero and The New York Times — Perhaps zero is the loneliest number. — That's the number The New York Times Co. — the United States' second largest newspaper company — ended up with 2012, as it reported revenues last week. The most accurate number …

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Helen Boaden's memo to BBC staff

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Ex-Stalybridge and Hyde MP James Purnell lands top BBC role

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The AP's Budding Ad Business — This is the era of going direct to consumer. From HBO to brands in general, companies that rely on intermediaries are now forging direct relationships with people. — The Associated Press is no different. Its primary syndication business …

Brian Stelter / Media Decoder:

For CNN, Cruise Ship Coverage by ‘Air, Land and Sea’ — There are a number of ways to get ahead in the cable news world. One way is partisan talk about the news, as exemplified by shows on MSNBC and Fox News. Another way is personality-based — think Bill O'Reilly and Joe Scarborough.

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Time Inc., the Unwanted Party Guest Being Pushed Out the Door — How toxic have print assets become? This toxic: Media companies have begun to quarantine them. — On Wednesday, Time Inc., the largest magazine publisher in the country, found itself at the wrong end of a 10-foot pole.

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Lisa O'Carroll / Guardian:

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Jim Finkle / Reuters:

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