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In the Blog Era, Liz Smith Wonders if There's Room for the Pro such as Ros Reines Gossip columnists generally have no conscience
The Blog, The Press, The Media: The Quote Machines
They’re everywhere, a handful of scholars and pundits with an opinion for every reporter’s phone call. Is there anything wrong with turning again and again to the usual suspects, or should journalists try harder to diversify the expert pool?
Larry J. Sabato, who bills himself on the paid speaking circuit as "probably the most quoted college professor in the land," recently donated $1 million to the University of Virginia.
That sum of money--estimated to be 12 to 13 times the scholar's annual salary--makes Sabato, 52, the most generous faculty member the university has ever employed. Actually, it's one of the biggest gifts an active professor has handed to a school anywhere.
• So where did Sabato get all this cash? [Let's stop pretending journalism is made by machines The Human Touch ; Say it again - Pushing buttons People seem to have lost their moral compasses ]
• · The media elite lost the fight because it wasn't elite enough America's Endless News Loop ; One of my execs called me - Stalin in high heels ; No one rolls over in his grave more often than Murrow
• · · 1 billion links, of which this John Quiggin accounts for 311 Technorati just passed 1 billion links ; Media Dragon
• · · · Estimates of the average number of email messages received per person per day range from about 30 to 50. One survey suggests the number of emails being sent is increasing by more than 80 per cent each year. The inbox is essential but don't let it take over your life It's a mail world ; The future of web apps
• · · · · Bloggers aren't entitled to same protection as journos ; A lot of what's called indie media isn't journalism ; Off the Recor Prolific freelancers could get over $100,000 in settlement
• · · · · · Bloggers swarm around Schiavo "talking points" memo Doubts Raised On Schiavo Memo ; I didn't say the magic words 'off the record National Press Club officer questions E&P's Gannon story