The biggest news in surf media yesterday was that Surfline writer Lewis Samuels was cut from his paying gig at the website. Last night Surfline’s Editorial Director Dave Gilovich and Editor Marcus Sanders responded in a post on Surfline.
Like many blogs, surf-related and otherwise, PostSurf quickly became an Op/Ed platform. And unfortunately, it soon became apparent that the site did not possess the standard of journalism that our readers demand from Surfline and that we believe is so important to uphold. . . .Since his blog first appeared online, there have been at least two cases where Lewis has published false information and misrepresented the facts. Quite simply, this is not something we can be associated with in any way. . . .We recognize that the writing on Lewis’ site is completely his business, and he can post whatever he wants, whether we or anyone else agrees with what he has to say or how he says it. . . . But as time passed and the site continued to feature content that was patently inaccurate — and often inflammatory — we had to ask ourselves: Do we want someone writing for Surfline who has taken these kinds of liberties?
Inaccurate? Apparently, Surfline ad sales people don’t literally drag their tongues on the scrotums of its advertisers. Then again, there was that amazing piece of investigatory journalism on Dave Eggers . . .
[Link: Surfline]
big fan of LS — just have to know what you’re getting into when you’re reading his work. there’s plenty of space for his satirical driven reporting and what surfline considers their standard of journalism. that eggers piece is too funny.
I’m pretty sure they do lick their advertisers balls. I’ve had a couple of the sales managers from surfline email me unpleasantries when we’ve posted negatively about brands who advertise with them.
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