Comments on: Blogger Ethics: The Church-State Wall http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/blogger_ethics_the_church-state_wall/ Online Journal of Politics and Foreign Affairs Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:08:12 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Tlaloc http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/blogger_ethics_the_church-state_wall/comment-page-1/#comment-126295 Tlaloc Wed, 16 May 2007 19:24:18 +0000 http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/2007/05/blogger_ethics_the_church-state_wall/#comment-126295 oh I should have added: and if they had just stated up front that they had this network I would have been fine with it, it's that I had to hear about from outsiders (and it turned out to be true). Once you know somehting has been hidden you can only guess at how much else has. oh I should have added: and if they had just stated up front that they had this network I would have been fine with it, it's that I had to hear about from outsiders (and it turned out to be true). Once you know somehting has been hidden you can only guess at how much else has.

]]> By: Tlaloc http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/blogger_ethics_the_church-state_wall/comment-page-1/#comment-126294 Tlaloc Wed, 16 May 2007 19:22:30 +0000 http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/2007/05/blogger_ethics_the_church-state_wall/#comment-126294 I think your take on the matter is correct. I would caution you to disclose any arrangements that have an affect on editorial content so as not to disrupt that trust. I have a particular example in mind. I used to read both Greenwald and FDL quite frequently. Then the whole matter came up about Kos-Armstrong and it came out that they shared an email list that they had not previously disclosed and that as part of this list they apparently made at least recommendations about editorial content (in this case Kos specifically asking fellow bloggers not to write about the topic). While I don't think the actual kos-armstrong matter was much more than a superficial hit piecce I found that that trust I had for Greenwald and Hamsher had evaporated. I don't read them now. Period. Not because they don't have anything worth hearing but because I keep having to wonder if what they say is what they mean. Greenwald particularly as a prosecutor should have known better than to give such an appearance. I think your take on the matter is correct. I would caution you to disclose any arrangements that have an affect on editorial content so as not to disrupt that trust.

I have a particular example in mind. I used to read both Greenwald and FDL quite frequently. Then the whole matter came up about Kos-Armstrong and it came out that they shared an email list that they had not previously disclosed and that as part of this list they apparently made at least recommendations about editorial content (in this case Kos specifically asking fellow bloggers not to write about the topic).

While I don't think the actual kos-armstrong matter was much more than a superficial hit piecce I found that that trust I had for Greenwald and Hamsher had evaporated. I don't read them now. Period.

Not because they don't have anything worth hearing but because I keep having to wonder if what they say is what they mean.

Greenwald particularly as a prosecutor should have known better than to give such an appearance.

]]> By: Anderson http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/blogger_ethics_the_church-state_wall/comment-page-1/#comment-126271 Anderson Wed, 16 May 2007 17:02:24 +0000 http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/2007/05/blogger_ethics_the_church-state_wall/#comment-126271 <em>as if I were a Massachusetts governor suddenly running for the Republican nomination,</em> Ha! as if I were a Massachusetts governor suddenly running for the Republican nomination,

Ha!

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