Comments on: When all else fails, blame the Internet like Lou Holtz http://www.wearethepostmen.com/2007/11/28/when-all-else-fails-blame-the-internet-like-lou-holtz/ Thu, 08 Jan 2009 23:30:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: PostmanE http://www.wearethepostmen.com/2007/11/28/when-all-else-fails-blame-the-internet-like-lou-holtz/#comment-32844 PostmanE Wed, 28 Nov 2007 19:38:51 +0000 http://www.wearethepostmen.com/2007/11/28/when-all-else-fails-blame-the-internet-like-lou-holtz/#comment-32844 There are plenty of people doing actual journalism in the MSM, too. Some bloggers are as well. The point is that just as it is with the mainstream media, it's up to the consumer to discern whether Blog X is worthwhile the same way as has been doing for Columnist X for 200 years. It's up to each writer to establish trust, regardless of their format, and it's up to the readership from there. R's point is that a few MSM types have a funny way of pigeonholing all blogs as progenitors of unfounded rumor, which is unfair because while some are, some aren't. It's like saying all columnists are asshats because Jay Mariotti is. Simply not the case. It's not Us vs. Them, or it shouldn't be. It should be about quality product and the freedom of intellectual choice. I'm not sure Lou Holtz is qualified to discuss either. There are plenty of people doing actual journalism in the MSM, too. Some bloggers are as well. The point is that just as it is with the mainstream media, it’s up to the consumer to discern whether Blog X is worthwhile the same way as has been doing for Columnist X for 200 years. It’s up to each writer to establish trust, regardless of their format, and it’s up to the readership from there.

R’s point is that a few MSM types have a funny way of pigeonholing all blogs as progenitors of unfounded rumor, which is unfair because while some are, some aren’t. It’s like saying all columnists are asshats because Jay Mariotti is. Simply not the case.

It’s not Us vs. Them, or it shouldn’t be. It should be about quality product and the freedom of intellectual choice. I’m not sure Lou Holtz is qualified to discuss either.

]]> By: ShaneRollins http://www.wearethepostmen.com/2007/11/28/when-all-else-fails-blame-the-internet-like-lou-holtz/#comment-32837 ShaneRollins Wed, 28 Nov 2007 19:27:34 +0000 http://www.wearethepostmen.com/2007/11/28/when-all-else-fails-blame-the-internet-like-lou-holtz/#comment-32837 The reason, I think, that so many in the media love to blast blogs and such is the fact that blogs and bloggers are the ones who are still doing some actual journalism. We actually take the time to research something (least most do) and not just talk out their ass or serve some corporate machine. It is real opinion, based with some actual fact and fact checking, not just what the media and corporations want you to think. They can blast us all they want, but Nutt had the best running game in years in the country and he managed to lose three games. That helped him leave, not the scary bloggers. The reason, I think, that so many in the media love to blast blogs and such is the fact that blogs and bloggers are the ones who are still doing some actual journalism. We actually take the time to research something (least most do) and not just talk out their ass or serve some corporate machine.

It is real opinion, based with some actual fact and fact checking, not just what the media and corporations want you to think. They can blast us all they want, but Nutt had the best running game in years in the country and he managed to lose three games. That helped him leave, not the scary bloggers.

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