Crisis of Faith
Deborah Branscum (Newsweek, Fortune.com) writes about the interface between business and the media, the murky land of press releases, reporting, and hype. Her weblog is the best place to get a feel for life at the other end of the phone. The bubble, and Enron, have shaken her confidence badly:
Maybe it doesn't matter--my job, after all, is to provide the filling between the advertisements, which pay for the entire operation--but I'm disheartened by all those chipper experts offering nostrums ...