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• It's not pro v. amateur in online journalism

  Thu Aug 3, 2006
  • Write on! Right on! :-)

• It's not pro v. amateur in online journalism

  Thu Aug 3, 2006
  • AH-- Yes. But what I find so frustrating is: Only the real hot-heads think one will replace the other. That argument is dead on arrival (and silly, too). What we'll see, I think, is cooperation between pros and amateurs (we're already seeing it).

• Will blogging replace journalism?

  Fri Jul 21, 2006
  • The question of blogging ethics is interesting. What ethical standards can/should we assert for such individual expression? Those who would consider themselves citizen journalists, however, ought to conform to some recognized journalistic standards.

• Will blogging replace journalism?

  Fri Jul 21, 2006
  • Steve... True enough. But some do report--especially at the local level. We have a couple of excellent examples here in Springfield.

• Limbaugh distorted news reports about Hezbollah

  Thu Jul 20, 2006
  • So Robertson allowed the Hez guy to hang himself with his own words? That doesn't sound like "humanizing" them to me. But, it also doesn't sound like good reporting either. None of what you described does. So I won't try to defend CNN.

• Debate and dialectic: What didn't happen at the NYT

  Fri Jul 14, 2006
  • I would agree that FAIR does a better job than AIM, but I equate them because they have political agendas. Bias of the structural sort, IMO, tells us far more about how/why the press behaves as it does. Further, it is far more predictive of press behavior--something AIM and FAIR can't match.

• Debate and dialectic: What didn't happen at the NYT

  Fri Jul 14, 2006
  • Catch22-- I've posted a structural bias theory of the news media here.

• Couric's Twin Cities visit a well-oiled machine

  Thu Jul 13, 2006
  • Good job! Whether or not you're a journalist depends on a number of things--not the least of which is your own intention. Check out my criteria here.

• Debate and dialectic: What didn't happen at the NYT

  Fri Jul 14, 2006
  • AA- Agreed. But what to do about it? I'm not sure how helpful it is merely pointing out transgressions--although I keep doing it.

• Couric's Twin Cities visit a well-oiled machine

  Thu Jul 13, 2006
  • Did you publishing something about it?