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December 17, 2008
Blowing the Whistle, or Something
Die Zwei Luftmenschen
Former Daily News reporter — and current Berlin resident and blogger — Deborah Kolben recounts her role in last week's IFC Media Project segment on Atlantic Yards.
I decided to do my small part for journalism. I was approached by a TV show called the Media Project to talk about my experience covering Atlantic Yards for the Daily News. The point, I think, was to illustrate/expose how decisions at big newspapers are often influenced by outside forces, namely money.
The guy below is the editor of the Daily News, Martin Dunn. My favorite part is that when approached by a reporter and asked about me Dunn says he doesn’t know who I am, and then five seconds later says I wasn’t even a staff reporter. Which one is it?
NoLandGrab: As far as we can gather, the title of Deb's blog translates as "The Two Air People." Straighten us out if you know German.
[Update: Norman Oder (who else!) corrected our Yiddish (not German!), pointing us to the following definition: luftmensch (plural luftmenschen) — an impractical contemplative person having no definite business or income.]
Posted by eric at December 17, 2008 2:04 PM