Posted on 02/15/2005 5:10:24 AM PST by FlyLow
Real fear is mixing with snarky disdain in the "mainstream" media's attitude toward web loggers in the wake of the resignation last Friday of Eason Jordan as CNN's top news executive.
"Bloggers as News Media Trophy Hunters," said the headline in the New York Times Monday, the first time many of the newspaper's readers were made aware of a controversy which had been roiling for nearly two weeks.
"The New York Times media beat reporters got beaten badly on the Eason Jordan story — by (gasp!) web logs and cable news — and so how do they react? By catching their readers up on what they missed? Of course not. They react by lashing out at web logs," said Jeff Jarvis, whose views were misrepresented in the Times' story.
Web loggers who criticized Jordan are "sons of Sen. McCarthy," said Bertrand Pecquerie, director of the World Editors Forum. "It is very worrying to see this marriage between self-proclaimed citizens' media and mainstream journalists' scalp hunters," he said.
"The salivating morons who make up the lynch mob prevail," said Steve Lovelady, who edits the web site of the Columbia Journalism Review. For those of you unfamiliar with the controversy — that is to say, for those of you who get your news from the "mainstream" media — in a panel discussion at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland Jan. 27, Jordan said the U.S. military was deliberately killing journalists in Iraq. Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass), a fellow panelist, demanded proof, which Jordan couldn't supply.
Miami businessman Rony Abovitz, who was in attendance, reported on what Jordan said in his web log. This was read by big foot bloggers Hugh Hewitt, Ed Morrissey (Captains Quarters), Glenn Reynolds (Instapundit) and the gang at Power Line, who expressed outrage.
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It's not as if they are making it difficult. The trophies are there for the taking. They have provided us with a target rich environment.
Excellent comment
So, why isn't the American Press going after this like they did Abu Ghraib? Leave CNN out of this. Jordan has made those claims since '93, and continued right up till a couple of weeks ago. Why has the proof not been offered, and WHY isn't the press interested in finding the truth?
Blaming a blogger that reported the words at the WEF, is pretty damn weak. Jordan has been saying this for years, SO WHERES THE INVESTIGATION? Too busy blaming bloggers for WHAT? It's not that it was REPORTED, it's that the press was HIDING what Jordan was saying around the world. That's the story. And you gotta ask why?
http://sisypheanmusings.blogspot.com/2005/02/its-bigger-than-jordan.html
The media believes deep down it is true...it is a mindset..This blog explained the process..Then click on the blog name for the latest..I really enjoyed the postings here.
Thanks MEG, that was an excellent link ! Keep'em coming.
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