Romenesko

Albany Times Union
The Times Union was scolded ("You should be ashamed") by a reader who didn't like the Page One story on "Loose Change," the movie that claims the federal government planned, executed and covered up the truth about the 9/11 attacks. Editor Rex Smith responded: "Whether our editors buy the nutty notion that 9/11 was engineered by the government (yep, you just read my personal opinion) is irrelevant. We need to cover it fairly because it's a remarkable phenomenon: A tiny movie made by some upstate kids has been downloaded 25 million times from the Internet." More editor/ombud columns:
> Some days it's as if all the world's a copy desk, says Hunter (Courant)
> Reporters should be careful with info from MySpace, similar sites (ST)
> Rocky website gets heavy traffic because of Karr/JonBenet stories (RMN)
> Run a photo of a doomed dog and you're sure to hear from readers (N-R)
> Charlotte Observer, Raleigh News & Observer just got a bit closer (N&O)
> How Star Tribune editorials and editorial cartoons are created (Strib)
> Richter: "Prickly City" comic belongs on the commentary page (SAE-N)
> Kaye on the most important, exciting thing he's been involved with (DN)
> Times-Union's trying to edit, package the news for busy readers (FT-U)