Buckhead and Bloggers Criticized

Athens Banner-Herald; Athens, GA ^ | September 26, 2004 | Jason Winders

[Jonah Lomu]

If this is a typical news man the media are in more trouble than I thought. He does not know the difference between some one running a web log and a poster, but writes an denigrating op-ed about them. He accuses Buckhead of being wrong on the superscript issue but his post never mentioned superscripts. He obviously did not read Buckhead's post or simply chose to imitate Dan Rather and make up evidence to attack him with. Buckhead's post to freerepublic.com said that it appeared to be a proportional font and that most typewriters in 1972 could only do monospaced. Everything he said is perfectly true and correct, then and now. He says that bloggers can't check facts. Obviously he has huge issues with that himself, but within 24 hours through the use of Google hundreds of bloggers and their readers had located the nation's best experts on typography and handwriting and were getting informed opinions from them that the documents were suspect. Something that mainstream media, including CBS was also able but unwilling to do until the tsunami of public outcry forced them to. Long live the Pajamahadeen!

[bray]

Its awful when the Truth escapes the Stone-age filter!! Just when they had a perfectly good fraud, up pops the inter-news Gorilla!!!

Pray for W and Our Troops

[mylife]

And let slip the blogs of war

oh thats a h00t!!

Marking this for a later read L0L

[bikepacker67]

You can almost smell the naked fear, masked behind the cheap cologne of condescension.

[Sgt_Schultze]

OUCH! Jason sure is p!ssed.

I surmise he must be upset that his parents spent so much hard-earned money sending him to journalism school and nobody has heard of him. In fact, some lawyer, nicknamed Buckhead, is more famous for his journalistic pursuits than is Jason. You know it must really hurt the "professional" journalists when hobbyists are better at the craft than the professionals.

[Stonedog]

They have no checks. No balances. No names. And no legal framework to face.

I give this "journalist" 15 seconds to see how long his trash can stand up to the "checks and balances" of Free Republic. I doubt he would last that long.

[mylife]

Ok I could resist reading it all, seems that Jason Winders is a frustated wordsmith and not a reporter at all.

Buck up Jason, there is still room in the world for your likes, some where way down on the bottom.

[Lijahsbubbe]

If this is a typical news man the media are in more trouble than I thought. He does not know the difference between some one running a web log and a poster, but writes an denigrating op-ed about them. He accuses Buckhead of being wrong on the superscript issue but his post never mentioned superscripts. He obviously did not read Buckhead's post or simply chose to imitate Dan Rather and make up evidence to attack him with.

Amazing isn't it? They laugh at the "bloggers" in pajamas and they are the ones who are technically ignorant. Mr. Winders sounds like a rube.

[Lijahsbubbe]

Beautifully stated! New silk pj's gotcha waxing poetically?

[mylife]

Are we are being hard on the "hardnosed" reporter from Athens GA...hippy town USA? L0L

[kcvl]

A new local news program will hit the Athens airwaves beginning April 8 at 4:30 p.m. Athens News Matters, produced by local public radio station WUGA-FM 91.7/97.9, is a weekly program featuring media professionals discussing issues important in and around Athens. The journalists will also discuss how their publications choose to cover the news and what news to cover.

Panelists and production crew prepare to tape the first installment of the new radio program Athens News Matters at the WUGA studio. From left to right are host Mary Kay Mitchell and panelists Brad Aaron of Athens News Weekly, Jason Winders of the Athens-Banner-Herald and Sarah Thuerk of the Oconee Enterprise. (Photo by Peter Frey)

[JoJo Gunn]

For the record, what's the actual title of this masterpiece of scrivening?

[DSBull]

"You just have to love Jonathan Klein.."
No I don't, what a weasel. And though there are some inexperienced people here,including myself, most just want to find the truth, something that has been lost in the MSM..And who says we have no way of finding out facts, I think that this guy, needs to spend more time here....

[Nick Danger]

What's funny is that more people will read his ignorant screed here than will ever see it in his newspaper. This guy really doesn't get it.

[mylife]

Schultze!!!

I surmise he must be upset that his parents spent so much hard-earned money sending him to journalism school and nobody has heard of him. In fact, some lawyer, nicknamed Buckhead, is more famous for his journalistic pursuits than is Jason. You know it must really hurt the "professional" journalists when hobbyists are better at the craft than the professionals.

Youve nailed it.

[kcvl]

Jason Winders, Executive Editor, Athens Banner-Herald

[Lijahsbubbe]

But there I was knee-deep in blog buzz trying to play catch-up last week.

Stinks when the people on Free Republic are more informed than you!

But Jason, you must really be slow. I believe the others in the MSM were caught up at least a week before you were.

[dila813]

Email sent----=

"Wait until the law catches up and a blogger faces his first libel lawsuit."

So you are saying we should sue CBS NEWS for libel?

WHAT A GREAT IDEA!!!!

Keep of the good work fellow blogger want to be!

[donnab]

after reading that ...seems to me the only thing he thought the internet was for was PORN. hehe

[Howlin]

So you know this guy is all about facts.

Damn straight, punk.

And I'd bet my house it's a Generation Xer.