Two Newsbits About Reportage

Daniel Engber at Slate has an interesting article on how much doctors are allowed to tell the press about patients.
Meanwhile, yesterday Jon Friedman at Marketwatch published a piece about the role of “snark” in journalism. Writing “snark” like that makes me hate the term “snark” but I suppose that’s a “snarky” thing to say. Tomorrow they publish an interview with the Godfather of Snark, who is probably James Brown’s sarcastic young nephew.

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