When David Carr penned a New York Times article that complained of aggressive PR tactics from Fox News Channel, it set off a round of head-nodding in newsrooms. New York Magazine's Daily Intel blog responded with a post entitled, "David Carr Stands Up to Fox." Michael Calderone, Politico's media reporter, called Fox's PR "the most aggressive of media companies," but allowed that "there is something reporters often admire in Fox's tenacity."
Every reporter has an industry source or two that invariably ...