Romenesko

GM FYI
Brian Akre of GM Corporate Communications writes about the carmaker's attempt to respond to Tom Friedman's May 31 "Gas Addicts" column: "You'd think it would be relatively easy to get a letter from a GM vice president published in the Times after GM's reputation was so unfairly questioned. Just a matter of simple journalistic fairness, right? You'd also think that the newspaper's editing of letters would be minimal -- to fix grammar, remove any profane language, that sort of thing. Not so. Even for me, who worked for nearly 20 years as a reporter and editor, this was an enlightening experience."