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A Touch of Hypocrisy
by Alanah McGinley on 04/10/08 at 04:04 PM ET
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From Barry Melrose Rocks,
But what really bugs me is hypocrisy.
When the MSM preaches about how they’ve gone to J-school and are so much more important because of it, that’s fine. When the MSM calls bloggers no talent hacks that reek of fan bias, that’s fine. There’s one problem with all that, though. You see, when you say those things, boy you had better back them up. Or maybe I’m wrong. Maybe this is just a case of someone in the minority not representing the upstanding majority. Tell me if I wrong because, unlike many newspapers, BMR has a comments section after every article. Oh, excuse me, post. But majority, minority, whatever. If the MSM’s rules are to single out one person and make them a poster child for the whole, then I think I should be allowed to play by those rules as well.
So today, we examine Mr. Don Brennan of the Ottawa Sun. Why? Lately, with the hometown Sens facing the Pens in the playoffs, he has sounded more like a Senators fanboy or a crazed message boarder than an actual journalist.
Also: links to the original Brennan story and its fallout can be found at James Mirtle’s blog.
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UMFan your sentiment agrees with what I posted on Mirtle in regards to a good editor. It is fine for a journalist to post a blog, but when he attaches his media credentials to it then it should be vetted by an editor.
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The whole “Around the Horn” discussion is also laughable since they still employ Bob Ryan.
Posted by Hockey1919 from Montreal on 04/11/08 at 08:27 AM ET
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What I find particularly amusing with this feud is that sometimes, the only difference between a journalist and a blogger is a good editor. Some of the writings done by MSM journalists who have branched out into blogs are filled with run-on sentences, misspellings, improper subject/verb agreement and lack a central cohesive theme. I read a MSM blog the other day that was so atrocious that the author should be forced to give up his press pass as it was obvious that he didn’t learn how to write in journalism school.
Posted by UMFan from Colorado on 04/10/08 at 06:04 PM ET