Comments on: How to Get Attention http://mickc.whizardries.com/archives/2004/12/21/how-to-get-attention/ "Whoever would overthrow the liberty of a nation must begin by subduing the freeness of speech." Fri, 25 Dec 2009 02:15:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Mickey http://mickc.whizardries.com/archives/2004/12/21/how-to-get-attention/comment-page-1/#comment-415 Mickey Fri, 24 Dec 2004 17:53:01 +0000 http://mickc.whizardries.com/archives/2004/12/21/how-to-get-attention/#comment-415 By and large you are both correct. But notice what I'm saying here: <blockquote>Without the efforts of bloggers to expose the forgeries, the story in the hands of the mainstream media might have blown up into something that would have resulted in a John Kerry presidency.</blockquote> That is, blogs have the apparent ability to shape the direction that news stories take. This certainly happened with the CBS memos. Without the efforts of blogs like Powerline and INDC the story would not ever have turned to the forgeries. The story would have stayed centered on President Bush's ANG service. By and large you are both correct. But notice what I’m saying here:

Without the efforts of bloggers to expose the forgeries, the story in the hands of the mainstream media might have blown up into something that would have resulted in a John Kerry presidency.

That is, blogs have the apparent ability to shape the direction that news stories take. This certainly happened with the CBS memos. Without the efforts of blogs like Powerline and INDC the story would not ever have turned to the forgeries. The story would have stayed centered on President Bush’s ANG service.

]]> By: balbulican http://mickc.whizardries.com/archives/2004/12/21/how-to-get-attention/comment-page-1/#comment-414 balbulican Thu, 23 Dec 2004 16:37:00 +0000 http://mickc.whizardries.com/archives/2004/12/21/how-to-get-attention/#comment-414 I'd go for the suggestion that blogs represent a kind of universal peer review, a more rigorous level of scrutiny than journalists have been accustomed to in the past. You have to be MUCH more careful about what you say/broadcast/write, because there is NO delay between the statement and feedback, and any error...particularly on an issue where there's serious divergence of views...is going to be spotted. I’d go for the suggestion that blogs represent a kind of universal peer review, a more rigorous level of scrutiny than journalists have been accustomed to in the past. You have to be MUCH more careful about what you say/broadcast/write, because there is NO delay between the statement and feedback, and any error…particularly on an issue where there’s serious divergence of views…is going to be spotted.

]]> By: Vinny http://mickc.whizardries.com/archives/2004/12/21/how-to-get-attention/comment-page-1/#comment-413 Vinny Thu, 23 Dec 2004 13:10:56 +0000 http://mickc.whizardries.com/archives/2004/12/21/how-to-get-attention/#comment-413 It's funny because as I was reading this by Mick, I was thinking of the myriad of times Bal and I have had that same discussion. Blogs are generally not journalism, and if the msm decided one day to shutter all outlets (print, radio, tv), 98% of the bloggers in existence would have no material whatsoever, and the 2% who write "original articles" would have just as little to say because even when it's original it's based on something in the news, so unless people are out pavement pounding, taking pictures, and video, and using all of their own content, the idea that blogs represent journalism is a bit overwrought. It’s funny because as I was reading this by Mick, I was thinking of the myriad of times Bal and I have had that same discussion. Blogs are generally not journalism, and if the msm decided one day to shutter all outlets (print, radio, tv), 98% of the bloggers in existence would have no material whatsoever, and the 2% who write “original articles” would have just as little to say because even when it’s original it’s based on something in the news, so unless people are out pavement pounding, taking pictures, and video, and using all of their own content, the idea that blogs represent journalism is a bit overwrought.

]]> By: balbulican http://mickc.whizardries.com/archives/2004/12/21/how-to-get-attention/comment-page-1/#comment-410 balbulican Tue, 21 Dec 2004 11:58:36 +0000 http://mickc.whizardries.com/archives/2004/12/21/how-to-get-attention/#comment-410 Fond as I am of blogs and bloggers, I think it's a little extreme to suggest that blogs saved the election for Bush. Passionate bloggers were posting madly on both sides of the political fence: but the primary source of information and analysis for bloggers remains stories culled from mainstream media, print and broadcast...including the memo brouhaha. Blogs are like a particularly active op-ed page: they are not journalism. Fond as I am of blogs and bloggers, I think it’s a little extreme to suggest that blogs saved the election for Bush. Passionate bloggers were posting madly on both sides of the political fence: but the primary source of information and analysis for bloggers remains stories culled from mainstream media, print and broadcast…including the memo brouhaha.

Blogs are like a particularly active op-ed page: they are not journalism.

]]> By: Lockergnome's Political Geeks http://mickc.whizardries.com/archives/2004/12/21/how-to-get-attention/comment-page-1/#comment-408 Lockergnome's Political Geeks Tue, 21 Dec 2004 05:09:30 +0000 http://mickc.whizardries.com/archives/2004/12/21/how-to-get-attention/#comment-408 <strong>How to Get Attention</strong> This past election cycle really saw the web log (or "blog") come into its own. Blogs now apparently have the power to make and break election candidates and drive stories on their own.... How to Get Attention
This past election cycle really saw the web log (or “blog”) come into its own. Blogs now apparently have the power to make and break election candidates and drive stories on their own….

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