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Newsweek Editors Blast Exec to His Face: ‘What You're Doing Is Bulls**t.
Daily Beast ^ | 9 Feb 18 | Maxwell Tani

Posted on 02/09/2018 5:51:34 PM PST by SkyPilot

During an increasingly ugly meeting, the company’s CCO refused to answer whether money laundering allegations were true and blamed staff for undermining the business.

During a private meeting with editors this week, a top Newsweek executive blamed his own journalists for the magazine’s recent turmoil and refused to answer whether the company committed financial crimes.

Newsweek Media Group interim Chief Content Officer Johnathan Davis took questions from editors for nearly 90 minutes on Wednesday, according to recording obtained by The Daily Beast, about firings and investigations that have engulfed the company.

Last month, the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office raided Newsweek Media Group’s headquarters in New York as part of an ongoing investigation into the company for potential financial crimes. On Monday, Newsweek Media Group fired editor in chief Bob Roe, executive editor Ken Li, and reporter Celeste Katz, who reported on the raid and recent allegations that the company engaged in traffic and advertising fraud.

“[The raid] led to the BuzzFeed article about the fake clicks, which you orchestrated,” breaking news editor Gersh Kuntzman said. “So you should be honest with everybody in this room: Are we running a money laundering operation? Are we evading taxes? You need to tell us that because we can’t work here if you’re a liar.”

(Excerpt) Read more at thedailybeast.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bobroe; celestekatz; crime; dbm; humblegunner; johnathandavis; journalism; kenli; media; moneylaundering; msm; newsweak; newsweek
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Full title: "Newsweek Editors Blast Exec to His Face: ‘What You're Doing Is Bulls**t. You Don't Understand Journalism.’"
1 posted on 02/09/2018 5:51:35 PM PST by SkyPilot
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To: SkyPilot

I’m hoping all the msm comes tumbling down. Bring back real journalism.


2 posted on 02/09/2018 5:55:42 PM PST by Bulwyf
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To: SkyPilot
You Don't Understand Journalism

             

3 posted on 02/09/2018 5:55:51 PM PST by tomkat
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To: SkyPilot
You need to tell us that because we can’t work here if you’re a liar.

Oh the irony of that statement!
4 posted on 02/09/2018 5:56:13 PM PST by SoConPubbie (Mitt and Obama: They're the same poison, just a different potency)
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To: SkyPilot

Hahaha! Implosion in progress.


5 posted on 02/09/2018 5:56:31 PM PST by Lent
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To: Bulwyf

Now you’ve done it.
you’re attacking Mumblebumbler’s sick dream of propping up the legacy press forever.


6 posted on 02/09/2018 5:57:49 PM PST by MrEdd (Caveat Emptor)
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To: Lent

They should all quit and go work for the reputable NYT.


7 posted on 02/09/2018 5:58:58 PM PST by Col Frank Slade
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To: SkyPilot

It takes a fair amount of dishonesty and immorality to be able to consistently print lies and half-truths and call them “news.” Should we be surprised at allegations of money laundering and so forth against known liars?


8 posted on 02/09/2018 6:02:03 PM PST by exDemMom (Current visual of the hole the US continues to dig itself into: http://www.usdebtclock.org/)
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To: SoConPubbie

BOL! Best line of the night on this funny non fake news story!

“You need to tell us that because we can’t work here if you’re a liar.”

Oh the irony of that statement!

Newsweak faux journalists are concerned about a lying boss.


9 posted on 02/09/2018 6:02:20 PM PST by Grampa Dave (Never pick a fight with an angry beehive of 64+ million Trump Deplorables. You will lose!)
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To: SkyPilot

So what is the definition of journalism this week?


10 posted on 02/09/2018 6:03:00 PM PST by Trillian
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To: SkyPilot
because we can’t work here if you’re a liar.”

Funniest line ever.

11 posted on 02/09/2018 6:07:46 PM PST by Raycpa
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To: SkyPilot

When your company is bought for $1 it generally is not a sign of good things to come.


12 posted on 02/09/2018 6:19:19 PM PST by samadams2000 (Someone important make......The Call!)
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To: SkyPilot

Good to see that Gersh Kuntzman has his PTSD under control for now.

That evil AR15 done scarred the boy for life.

Now, THAT piece he wrote was hard hitting journalism, man.

(and they wonder why they are dying)


13 posted on 02/09/2018 6:37:41 PM PST by digger48
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To: Grampa Dave

Especially coming from our old shooting buddy Gersh.


14 posted on 02/09/2018 6:39:48 PM PST by digger48
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To: Col Frank Slade

Is a company ‘reputable’ if it’s reputation is generally sh*tty??


15 posted on 02/09/2018 6:46:05 PM PST by theDentist ( qwerty ergo typo : i type, therefore i misspelll)
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To: theDentist
That's what they call "ill repute."

-PJ

16 posted on 02/09/2018 7:04:31 PM PST by Political Junkie Too (The 1st Amendment gives the People the right to a free press, not CNN the right to the 1st question.)
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To: SoConPubbie

Well,hes lying to THEM. They are totally ok with all of them lying to everyone else.


17 posted on 02/09/2018 7:10:49 PM PST by Secret Agent Man ( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: SkyPilot
“[The raid] led to the BuzzFeed article about the fake clicks, which you orchestrated,” breaking news editor Gersh Kuntzman said. “So you should be honest with everybody in this room: Are we running a money laundering operation? Are we evading taxes? You need to tell us that because we can’t work here if you’re a liar.”<\i>

How rich! Lying journalists can't somehow work with a lying owner.

18 posted on 02/09/2018 7:44:14 PM PST by Bommer ( F the NFL!)
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“breaking news editor Gersh Kuntzman said.”

If you recall, Kuntz Gershman was the guy who wet his pants in fright the first time he fired an AR-15.

What is it like to fire an AR-15? It’s horrifying, menacing and very very loud

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/firing-ar-15-horrifying-dangerous-loud-article-1.2673201


19 posted on 02/09/2018 7:47:44 PM PST by Flash Bazbeaux
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To: SkyPilot

this is awesome that newsweek is imploding internally as well as probably being an actual criminal enterprise given the completely fabricated garbage that they’ve continuously attacked Trump with.


20 posted on 02/09/2018 8:13:11 PM PST by catnipman ( Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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