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By: Lewis DVorkin - The Copy Box – True/Slant Update: Insights, Reporting and A New Kind of News Experience - True/Slant

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 21:24:36 +0000

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By: P.J. Tobia - Afghan Desk – Military Drops Rendon Contract - True/Slant

P.J. Tobia - Afghan Desk – Military Drops Rendon Contract - True/Slant — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 13:40:21 +0000

[...] decision comes after S&S and Afghan Desk told the world what every Kabul journo already knows: The military hired Rendon to evaluate the work of reporters [...]

By: deleted account

deleted account — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 00:53:01 +0000

This just in: Military dumps Rendon. From Stars and Stripes:

“The decision to terminate the Rendon contract was mine and mine alone. As the senior U.S. communicator in Afghanistan, it was clear that the issue of Rendon’s support to US forces in Afghanistan had become a distraction from our main mission,” said Rear Adm. Gregory J. Smith, in an e-mail sent Sunday to Stars and Stripes.

“I have been here since early June and at no time has anyone who worked for me ever conducted themselves in a manner as your newspaper alleged. I cannot and will not speculate on the past, although I have found no systemic issues with fairness or equity in the way U.S. forces have run their media embed program.”

Nevertheless, good by, Rendon.

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Sun, 30 Aug 2009 22:44:13 +0000

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Sat, 29 Aug 2009 13:14:58 +0000

[...] Tobia helpfully quotes portions of his profile: Tobia continues to humanize U.S. soldiers by quoting mainly U.S. military personnel and detailing the soldiers’ backgrounds, homes and reaction to fighting in Afghanistan. [...]

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Sat, 29 Aug 2009 06:51:53 +0000

[...] slant are debunked now that war reporter PJ Tobia has published a copy of his own Rendon report on True/Slant. In it, Tobia’s Afghanistan reportage is characterized as “neutral to positive” [...]

By: Michael Peck

Michael Peck — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 22:48:48 +0000

Military Public Affairs Officers will sometimes ask for my bio. I usually reply that I’m a writer and repeat the name of the magazine that I’m writing for. Let them do their own research.

By: greyhawk

greyhawk — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 22:32:31 +0000

“…It should be noted that his [Village Voice] article was titles “Afghaniscrewed: How I Spent My Fall Vacation.” ”

You get to write your own headlines?

By: holly

holly — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 21:02:30 +0000

Well, this left-leaning military wife/mom will be very careful what I put in your comments if that’s the case
Don’t want to see you sitting on the sandbags.
This is very interesting, yet not at all surprising.