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That’s not news, for a few reasons.
First, so could other cyberspace and non-cyberspace locales, given some media chief’s proclamations about news dissemination being platform agnostic. This article actually serves to highlight how much more quickly rumors can get vetted in the blogosphere. My only concern with that fact is that because blogs can expose a rumor when it’s still embryonic and you can’t tell whether it’s a boy or a girl, there’s more possible harm that can be caused if the rumor is false.
Second, we talked about this in October at the AAPC Academic Outreach event. This topic came up over and over again, raised by members of the audience. And in general, it falls under “crisis communications” – no different in the ‘sphere than anywhere else, except for the speed.
Third, if the Plain Dealer is going to be pushing its image as local-local on its front page, wouldn’t you think that it would be nice for a PD-based reporter to add some Ohio or even NEO blog flavor to the story?
From the article by Jonathan Tilove:
Come the New Year, America plunges headlong into a whirlwind presidential primary and caucus calendar with wide-open races in both parties.
It may be the most exciting and volatile presidential election season in generations, all the more so given a new media landscape in which scandalous rumor can strike like lightning out of cyberspace, even skewing outcomes before charges are vetted or rebutted.
“It’s ‘Feeding Frenzy’ to the 10th power,” said Larry Sabato, a University of Virginia political scientist, referring to his influential 1991 book, which was subtitled “How Attack Journalism Has Transformed American Politics.”
If you blog or read blogs, you could write the rest of the story pretty much, but go read, for affirmation.
By Jill Miller Zimon at 6:49 am December 21st, 2007 in Blogging, Media, Politics, WH2008
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Hi Jill –
It seems to me that the worst place to start an article about innovation and change and blogs is at the University of Virginia with Larry Sabato. He is a tired old quotemonger. He is a worn out, well-thumbed page in the roll-a-dex. Why on earth would somebody go to him for fresh insight? If there is any clue that journalism as we knew it is passe, then basing stories on Larry Sabato is it. He’s a nice guy, smart. But he is a guotemonger, and if you are a lazy reporter he might be one of the the first stops on your list of people to call. Quoting Larry Sabato — wow, that’s really original!!
Thanks, Bill. I totally know what you mean – I’ve seen Sabato’s stuff referred to and I’ve read his blog just a few times but I really haven’t known where he fits in. Of course I know of Jeff Jarvis.
I would have liked the article to include some stuff maybe a place like the Bliss Institute or the John Glenn School or something in Ohio to localize the perspective.
Like I wrote, not news really. But then, maybe that’s even more telling! That Newhouse thinks that for its readers, this WOULD be news! ugh
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