Comments on: A peek inside…

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 24 Aug 2003 13:54:21 +0000

All editors? Or just some?

It’s the role, not the people.

in no position to comment on their employers

A corruptive dynamic common beyond employer/employee relationships.

By: acline

acline — Wed, 20 Aug 2003 14:03:17 +0000

Bill…okay, I thought might be the case. And I agree with you.

By: Bill Dennis

Bill Dennis — Wed, 20 Aug 2003 13:27:33 +0000

Correction: I should have written “bloggers,” not j-bloggers.

J-bloggers are in no position to comment on their employers. That’s why most j-bloggers aren’t worth my time.

By: acline

acline — Wed, 20 Aug 2003 13:08:23 +0000

Bill…do you think j-bloggers do serve that function, or are you asserting that they should? Interesting. I wonder how well that will work as they work within the sponsoring news organization. Not to say it’s impossible. Just interesting.

By: Bill Dennis

Bill Dennis — Wed, 20 Aug 2003 12:31:37 +0000

Editors should edit … as in “edit out the bad stuff,” such as bad grammar, factual errors and the taint of bias.

But in some hands, editing means something else. They rewrite stories to confirm to the editor’s sense of style and and personal biases.

It doesn’t help that many j-school professors hold the opinion that because perfect objectivity is impossible to achive, why bother.

That’s why j-blogging’s first role, IMHO anyway, is to serve as fact checkers for the media.

By: Jay Manifold

Jay Manifold — Wed, 20 Aug 2003 03:28:24 +0000

See my comments on “process,” below. Clearly, the blogging process should differ in readily apparent ways from the (print) journalism process. Fewer gatekeepers, for one. This doesn’t necessarily result in a better (or worse) product, just a different one.

By: acline

acline — Tue, 19 Aug 2003 20:11:35 +0000

All editors? Or just some?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 19 Aug 2003 18:57:51 +0000

Editors get in the way, they are a corruptable chokepoint, similar to the way the AMA maintains a monopoly on health care and the American Bar maintains a monopoly on law.

They stifle healthy competition and neglect the quality they claim to control.

You would be wiser to ask what role Editors are worthy of.