Tuesday, April 9, 2013

Fairfax journalist Paddy Manning fired over opinion piece - mUmBRELLA

Fairfax journalist Paddy Manning fired over opinion piece - mUmBRELLA

Senior Fairfax business writer Paddy Manning has been dismissed in the wake of penning a 600 word critique for rival outlet Crikey on the company restructure which brings the Australian Financial Review and the BusinessDay sections of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age closer together.

In the piece the experienced reporter, who has previously worked at both The Australian Financial Review and The Australian, described an article in the AFR which was sponsored by the Commonwealth Bank as “a perfect example of why the business sections of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age should not be merged with the Financial Review Group.”

Manning then went on to denounce The Australian Financial Review’s journalism which he argued was ”built on a fundamental contract between company and reporter: high-level access in exchange for soft coverage.” He was fired last night.

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