tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2862729565948191502.post2796387270776769487..comments2023-10-30T06:21:18.757-04:00Comments on John Kelly's Voxford: Citizen Journalism and Barack's 'Bitter' AftertasteJohn Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15518490709206494331noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2862729565948191502.post-60311223383875645422008-04-20T19:33:00.000-04:002008-04-20T19:33:00.000-04:00I can't avoid the suspicion that Mayhill Fowler's ...I can't avoid the suspicion that Mayhill Fowler's final decision was more than a little influenced by what she thought might be the effect on her reputation. Obama's off the cuff remark did not reveal anything useful about his politics, only the fact that, like everyone, he was capable of making an awkwardly phrased statement. I suspect that Fowler's inner debate was along the lines of, "will John Whitinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16170335248108710190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2862729565948191502.post-43443887198613288632008-04-19T12:53:00.000-04:002008-04-19T12:53:00.000-04:00I am a lot less concerned with biased "citizen jou...I am a lot less concerned with biased "citizen journalists" than I am with ignorant "professional journalists"-the ones who can't get names right, the local reporter who put an accident at an intersection of two streets that don't meet, the one who didn't know the difference between "peddle" and "pedal" (I'm not talking about the occasional typo--the wrong word was used throughout the article), Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2862729565948191502.post-79611528845162445252008-04-17T17:12:00.000-04:002008-04-17T17:12:00.000-04:00@Joyce: You see how life imitates art? Why don't y...@Joyce: You see how life imitates art? Why don't you write a spoof about me winning the lottery?John Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15518490709206494331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2862729565948191502.post-10851425734790522242008-04-16T09:21:00.000-04:002008-04-16T09:21:00.000-04:00If you're running for president and speaking at a ...If you're running for president and speaking at a fundraiser, anything you say is fair game, regardless of who the reporter is. If you say something while snogging a panda behind a snack bar, as one Washington Post columnist allegedly once did, it's private and off the record. That's what they taught us in j-school. <BR/>In Joyceyland, I made fun of the very touchy-feely coverage of Obama (I Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2862729565948191502.post-59665518325427211182008-04-15T22:44:00.000-04:002008-04-15T22:44:00.000-04:00No such thing as an unbiased journalist either, th...No such thing as an unbiased journalist either, though a good one at least tries to be objective. Still, he will see things through his particular perspective of reality; and the reader needs to be aware of that. <BR/><BR/>Cone of silence...I had forgotten about that...thanks for the trip down memory lane.Suburban Correspondenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11488916572135296650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2862729565948191502.post-5279585749887415002008-04-15T15:12:00.000-04:002008-04-15T15:12:00.000-04:00"As with a bicycle, once you learn to ride a news ..."As with a bicycle, once you learn to ride a news cycle you never forget"- now that was a great line, John. This episode has more to do with campaign politics than journalist/blogger ethics: it's not so much the information but how it was used and twisted for political gain. <BR/><BR/> An unbiased blogger sounds like an oxymoron, but the honest blogger owns up to his/her political slant.Sarah Laurencehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00423008641739156182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2862729565948191502.post-41666546533168673492008-04-15T14:08:00.000-04:002008-04-15T14:08:00.000-04:00Not really having to do with this, but:http://www....Not really having to do with this, but:<BR/>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zo1XFz0kac0<BR/>Do you ever encounter this problem whilst writing?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2862729565948191502.post-85622450781805828052008-04-15T09:26:00.000-04:002008-04-15T09:26:00.000-04:00I still think my £40 outlay on McCain looks safe a...I still think my £40 outlay on McCain looks safe as houses... or rather as safe as houses looked before prices started falling at the fastest rate on record.<BR/><BR/>Care to push me up to the £50 marker?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2862729565948191502.post-47109250540923955322008-04-15T08:22:00.000-04:002008-04-15T08:22:00.000-04:00Lets face it, the cultural elites of the left and ...Lets face it, the cultural elites of the left and the right need to be held accountable and when candidates pander to either of these groups, they need to be held accountable. When the dust settles in November, we need to understand what factors led to the placing the oldest, first biracial, or first female President into office. I think that citizen journalism may help us with that. As the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com