http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/bloggers_at_scooter_libby_trial/ Online Journal of Politics and Foreign Affairs Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:39:15 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/bloggers_at_scooter_libby_trial/comment-page-1/#comment-109342 Below The Beltway » Blog Archive » Bloggers As Journalists Thu, 11 Jan 2007 17:36:53 +0000 http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/2007/01/bloggers_at_scooter_libby_trial/#comment-109342 [...] Yes, there are excesses and inaccuracies in the blogosphere, but they are usually corrected more quickly and more openly than the mainstream media, as James Joyner notes: [T]he principal difference in this regard between blogs and mainstream journalists is that the norm in blogging is to leave up the mistakes and follow up with annotated updates. By contrast, the mistakes the mainstream press make disappear into the ether, generally unacknowledged. [...] [...] Yes, there are excesses and inaccuracies in the blogosphere, but they are usually corrected more quickly and more openly than the mainstream media, as James Joyner notes: [T]he principal difference in this regard between blogs and mainstream journalists is that the norm in blogging is to leave up the mistakes and follow up with annotated updates. By contrast, the mistakes the mainstream press make disappear into the ether, generally unacknowledged. [...]

]]> http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/bloggers_at_scooter_libby_trial/comment-page-1/#comment-126775 CJR Daily Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000 http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/2007/01/bloggers_at_scooter_libby_trial/#comment-126775 <!--%kramer-pre%-->mostly in the breach. Innuendo and rumor ricochet around the Internet as blogs link from one to another, at times making defamatory voices indistinguishable from the many others involved in this experiment of free expression." "What utter rubbish," responds James Joyner of Outside the Beltway, himself one of the bloggers who will sit in on the trial. "From the days of Yellow Journalism through today's tabloid dailies, the business side of media has always trumped the theoretical professionalism. Innuendo<!--%kramer-post%--> mostly in the breach. Innuendo and rumor ricochet around the Internet as blogs link from one to another, at times making defamatory voices indistinguishable from the many others involved in this experiment of free expression." "What utter rubbish," responds James Joyner of Outside the Beltway, himself one of the bloggers who will sit in on the trial. "From the days of Yellow Journalism through today's tabloid dailies, the business side of media has always trumped the theoretical professionalism. Innuendo

]]> http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/bloggers_at_scooter_libby_trial/comment-page-1/#comment-134245 The Hotline's Blogometer Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000 http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/2007/01/bloggers_at_scooter_libby_trial/#comment-134245 <!--%kramer-pre%-->Assn and the US District Court in DC. The article cites UMD Prof. Thomas Kunkel talking about concerns that bloggers have lower standards than journalists. Romenesko offers his own coverage. One of the 2 bloggers who will be present at the trial, Outside the Beltway responds to Kunkel: "What utter rubbish. These journalistic standards have mostly been honored in the breach by the press throughout the ages. From the days of Yellow Journalism through today's tabloid dailies, the business side of media has always<!--%kramer-post%--> Assn and the US District Court in DC. The article cites UMD Prof. Thomas Kunkel talking about concerns that bloggers have lower standards than journalists. Romenesko offers his own coverage. One of the 2 bloggers who will be present at the trial, Outside the Beltway responds to Kunkel: "What utter rubbish. These journalistic standards have mostly been honored in the breach by the press throughout the ages. From the days of Yellow Journalism through today's tabloid dailies, the business side of media has always

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