Tuesday, February 15, 2005



To be really good (blogger), you have to be willing to have everybody in the world hate you.
Amy Sherman-Palladino, Gilmore Girls creator, interviewed in the New York Times Job Title: The 'Gilmore' Noodge

The Blog, The Press, The Media: Lynch mob meme?

With the resignation Friday of a top news executive from CNN, bloggers have laid claim to a prominent media career for the second time in five months.
In September, conservative bloggers exposed flaws in a report by Dan Rather; he subsequently announced that on March 9 he would step down as anchor of the "CBS Evening News."


Bloggers as News Media Trophy Hunters [Best of the Media in 2005 on the following websites Webdiary Sydney Morning Herald ; Media Guardian; The Australian Media Section; Media at ABC News online]
• · Eric Beecher, Diana Gribble and Chong Weng Ho The Reader on Crikey.com.au ; The Reader is a nifty, pocket-sized weekly magazine that cherry-picks from over 650 newspapers
• · · Online news sources can be, and often are, wrong. However, Jay Rosen notes that web-born news has its merits and that comparisons with traditional media aren't necessarily relevant. It's like comparing a public park to a living room ; The politics of humiliation and hurt spin nicely on Web. The Internet is wonderful, but it has created a vast diaspora of the unengaged, the isolated and the cynical. These are not people interested in building bridges or communities. They are about tearing down, and trashing anyone they don't like on some petty, personal level. They are the other side. In a way, I agree the blogosphere is like the Blood bank 80% of people want the blood, however only 3% actually give it: Blood is the other side of the Metaphor
• · · · Opportunities have come forward journalistically. The kids were just spellbound. He said everything in one hour that it takes me all semester to say, just the nuts and bolts of good pavement journalism Robin Leach a hit with journalism students; Eight reasons Why WP website is better than print edition
• · · · · Bloggers didn't want [Eason Jordan's] head, most of us didn't. We wanted the truth We wanted to see that transcript from Davos ; Some question where the blogging movement is heading I wish our goal were not taking off heads but digging up trut ; The blogosphere, with its lightning speed and rough-edged sense of justice, seems to be claiming more victims more quickly In the Blogosphere, Lightning Strikes Thrice
• · · · · · Jobs: Google: Director, Global Print Production, Logistics, and Operations [Full Time]
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