Tarred and Meta-ed in the Blogosphere
There's a blogger in town, his name is Andre Walker. His field is politics, and he's known (among other things) for aligning with the local "pro-business black powerbase" Democrats in town (I call them "Atlantans"), particularly Vernon "Snuggles" Jones. In addition to writing for his own blog, Walker wrote for other blogs, most notably Peach Pundit. As it turns out, he's a
And with that, the local blogosphericals (blogospherians?) are Various reactions, notes and introspection follow:
Conflicts at WorkThis bit of eventuality has brought at least two rivalries to the fore: "Progressives" vs. "pro-Business" Democrats, and One-way Journalism vs. Community Journalism. "Progressives" will attempt to mute Walker (the "pro-business" shill), as part of the overall struggle for influence within the Democratic Party. Observe the head-nodding comments from the Loaf: I’m glad he’s been called out on it at length again and I’d say that CL would face a massive decline in quality with the addition of Andre. --"Josh" Have to agree with Josh - Mr Walker blogging for CL would negatively affect both the credibility and quality of CL online presence. --"CatherineAtlanta"{Insert Donald Sutherland still from Invasion of the Body Snatchers, here.} Community Journalists, aka "Bloggers" in the Web 2.0 sense, are kind of like the younger sibling that measures itself in terms of his/her older sibling. They've relied on social structure to form a substitute for the (relatively) fixed, organizational structures of news outfits, and a key part of this social structure is honesty. There's a critical interest in identifying and classifying shills as such, but the overall. One-way Journalists are pointing, laughing, and angling. In Edelstein's case, he closes the second CL article (linked above) with the "anonymity" red herring, and drops this cowpie in the middle of the column: I’m writing so much about this today because it’s plain interesting the way people (and by that I mean both readers and posters) are sorting through the ethical issues tied into blogging, journalism and where people are now getting their information. Sometimes, bloggers reflexively accuse journalists who also write in print of arrogance or of failing to understand the new medium. That may be true a lot of times, but bloggers do themselves a disservice when they respond angrily and defensively anytime critical issues are raised. As for Andre? I hear Fox News is hiring; he'll fit right in. |
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[As crossposted from Rowland's Office] What AtlPaddy said, with the exception of Dwarf House. If they hadn't installed the latter-day Golden Calf (oh, delicious irony), I'd buy Chik-fil-a at the game. Otherwise, I'd gladly take a refund for having to put up with Mark Owings this season. Regarding Free agents...meh, except for Garland and Dempster, who should be too expensive after winning the pennant and possibly the Series. Trade Soriano (good riddance). Francouer is now a test of the "rocked boat" rule. Under JS, dude would be traded for Kenny Lofton and a bag of baseballs--not necessarily under pressure of trade deadline, but definitely during the offseason. This will be something to watch over the next few days/months. Keep Blanco. I say this, even if he's a significant fraction as lazy as Soriano in the field. Kotchman made two good plays tonight; he's a legit 1st baseman. That's a hell of a lot better than I thought we'd get in a trade. Pitching Julian Tavarez is what I used to refer to as "throwing in the Righetti". It's like throwing in a white towel, but you get beaten up anyway. |
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