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On Blogging, Having An Opinion, and the Quality and Trustworthiness of Your Voice

Way too long: the essential point is that bloggers were paid to not merely run ads, but promote the content of those ads I feel sorry for Jeff Jarvis, because he’s fighting the good fight, and I’m not sure how this war is to be waged. Can we tell people that getting paid to promote …

June 26, 2007 – 8:00 am | By ashok | Posted in blogging, kant, media | Tagged | Comments (6)

What Constitutes Credibility in Blogging?

Jeff Jarvis links to an article which shows that some bloggers do reap material rewards if they’re considered able to give publicitySo some bloggers receive attention from commercial interests. Not the worst thing – I’m glad someone is getting attention for something – but it does make one wonder whether some bloggers openly try to …

May 15, 2007 – 6:33 pm | By ashok | Posted in blogging, media | Tagged | Comments (1)

Please Articulate

Senator Sam Brownback gave what Buzzmachine called a rather “God-fearing” announcement of his candidacy, but I don’t know why Jeff Jarvis decided to italicize every single remark of his that was an allusion to religion (click the link and read the post, it isn’t long, to see why I’m fussing about this).I don’t know what …

January 22, 2007 – 9:02 am | By ashok | Posted in politics | Tagged , | Comments (1)

At Ground Zero

From Jeff Jarvis’ Buzzmachine: There are moments in the film that mesh and do not mesh with my memory. As the Port Authority Police squad arrives downtown, we see that first piece of paper floating down to a corner of the screen. That white, cold blizzard of lives interrupted, falling from the painfully blue sky …

August 10, 2006 – 2:30 am | By ashok | Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , | Comments (0)

Journalism as an Ethic

Reading: Order Vs Disorder: Iraq and Civil War Josh makes the point that the media is driven by sensationalism and, to a lesser degree, by pieties they perceive sell. It is no mistake the media is on the Left for the most part because they believe their brand of Truth is what has caused progress …

August 4, 2006 – 12:57 pm | By ashok | Posted in media | Tagged | Comments (1)

On Woody Allen

The entire audience was geriatric. There wasn’t a person in the theater — in a decent crowd, by the way — who was under 50 and most won’t see 60 again. Not one hair follicle — those left — carried its natural color of youth. My son personally lowered the mean age in the place …

August 2, 2006 – 5:02 am | By ashok | Posted in movies | Tagged , | Comments (0)