Can You Believe What You Read - Part II
While I am sure my friends in the print media will argue to the contrary, the blogosphere differs little from its print media cousins other than a lower cost of entry and the ability to be more immediate. There are great newspapers; as well as horrible papers. Ditto with magazines. Ditto with blogs.
As we showed last week, just because it's printed in your local paper doesn't mean that it's credible. Just because you agree with a particular blogger doesn't mean that he (or she) is credible. Nor does it make a blogger not credible because you disagree with them.
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While I am sure my friends in the print media will argue to the contrary, the blogosphere differs little from its print media cousins other than a lower cost of entry and the ability to be more immediate. There are great newspapers; as well as horrible papers. Ditto with magazines. Ditto with blogs.
As we showed last week, just because it's printed in your local paper doesn't mean that it's credible. Just because you agree with a particular blogger doesn't mean that he (or she) is credible. Nor does it make a blogger not credible because you disagree with them.
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9 comments:
Very well stated. You are an excellent writer, although in my opinion, you can get quite nasty too. That is a shame since even though you do base your stories on fact they get lost on occasion because of your tone.
I remember when you first started, you gave us an alternative but I had to stop reading because of rude nicknames you gave people and businesses. It just wasn't necessary.
It appears you have made some changes too for the better.
what I want to know is why we cant post comments about that virus scare that joe posted about his competitors earlier today.
I was born and raised in Salisbury, but then left after college, to work in the computer industry. I now work for a security company that I would be more than happy to help him out and get any viruses reported so that the public will be protected.
If there truly is a virus out there, it should be reported. The readers of this site should also know where it is so that they know which sites to avoid.
Just posting some blanket statement that there is a virus out there on some blog isnt enough.
I doubt that this post will make it to this blog but I hope it does. I also hope that the post, that joe did about the virus, isnt a fabrication to keep his readers away from his competitors.
Mr. Caruso -
I appreciate the criticism. As I have noted many times, one thing I don't claim is perfection. While I am striving for a more civil discourse I also admit that there are some times when even my vocabulary isn't broad enough to convey certain traits.
While I will continue to attempt to avoid name calling and over the top adjectives, I also admit that I won't always succeed. When some of our elected officials are so blatantly stupid all I can do is lay out the facts and then call them what they are.
Anon -
I don't have an answer to your question. Sorry.
L Caruso, for a moment there, I thought you were confusing this G.A. Harrison fellow (the person that apparently wrote the post) with the owner of this chatroom, I mean blog.
I thought it curious and amusing that Albero allowed you to post such a soothing post today, while he's the one that waved the read meat and encouraged his minions to reconsider their patronization of a certain Salisbury tire store because the owner has the temerity to exercise her right to support, or allow a patron to post a sign supporting, a certain political candidate that Albero doesn't agree with.
I can't begin to tell you how many times Albero has referred to me and others that are so bold as to disagree with his message and his antics as "idiots" and other such derogatory terms. Of course most of the time Albero simply refers to a comment that never sees the light of day and suggests it contained foul language, when all the comment contained was intelligent discourse which apparently Mr. Albero is unaccustomed to reading or responding to. They say people that resort to name-calling do so because they're devoid of anything better.
Anon 2022 -
I don't moderate the comments here on SbyNEWS. Therefore, I can't comment as to what passes muster and what doesn't.
As I stated in the main post on "Delmarva Dealings" we have a written comment policy there. It's straight forward and fairly simple. While we rarely trash comments, the only times (execept once, see below) we have done so have been in accordance with that policy.
The one exception to that was a comment made during the last election by a gentleman who I both disagreed with and respected. He made a comment that was factually innaccurate. I simply held off posting the comment and when he later commented that he had recognized the error I simply trashed both comments. There was no point causing any embarrassment for someone who strived for a good debate, even when we disagreed.
Good post. It's up to all of us to decide for ourselves what we will read or avoid.
G.A. Harrison, I don't take these blogs seriously. As I've written to Albero in the past, while he likes to think he's competing with The Daily Times, The Times and this chatroom are really two very different animals. Anyone that relies on this chatroom to get serious news is delusional at best. Like Facebook, You Tube, and one's favorite societal chatroom, this is entertainment. What adds to the entertainment value is when Albero spins off and goes out-of-control on one of his rants. I've tried to suggest he would be better served if he simply put out his opinion and allowed people to have theirs, without resorting to the name calling. But he'll have no part of that. And while I do believe the larger part of his rant is driven by his narcissism, I think he's also savvy enough to know that his rants add to the entertainment value of his efforts. Hey, Jim Jones got enough loons to buy into his message, enough so that 918 agreed to join him at his Kool Aid party. P.T. Barnum said, there's a sucker born every minute."
While it has been a long day and I was away from the computer for several hours, I keep trying to tell everyone the following. I do not moderate all comments, hence the past several hours. I am entirely too busy to do so. If you are not on topic, if you curse, if there are personal attacks, they're usualy rejected.
If you don't like our decision to reject certain comments, create your own Blog. In the mean time, the complaint department is the "X" in the top right corner of this Blog. Click it once and it will direct you immediately to that department and the problem/issue will be resolved immediately, I promise.
Anon 2256 -
While the later two thirds of your comment is related to Albero's style (hence you are more than welcome to your opinion), your lead regarding a comparison between the "Daily Times" and SbyNEWS should be addressed.
In several ways they ARE apples and oranges. SbyNEWS is by no means as comprehensive, etc. HOWEVER, as I demonstrated in last week's "Media Monday" piece, the "Daily Times" is chock full of bad reporting, outright false reporting and plenty of op-ed portrayed as straight news.
Conclusion - what's the diff?
Is the overall style of SbyNEWS "over the top"? Sure it is. However, its readers seem to like that "red meat" style.
Would I do things differently if I were in charge? Probably. However, I would do so at the risk of losing readership.
One of the advantages of being just a contributor is that I am able to reach an audience that I otherwise wouldn't reach. I also have the advantage of only having to take responsibility for what I write.
For someone who obviously doesn't like SbyNEWS very much, you seem to spend a lot of time here. I'm sure that Joe welcomes you with open arms. I'm even cofident that he's willing to listen to your criticism (as he has been willing to listen to mine). However, please don't use the "Daily Times" as a counter-argument to SbyNEWS. Given the steady improvement in Albero's coverage over the past few years and the obvious (and serious) decline in that of the "Daily Times", the day when SbyNEWS is viewed as the mainstream source of local news is not far off.
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