skippy the bush kangaroo

Saturday, January 21, 2006

dead trees media are becoming just that, only without the "trees" and "media" part

via jane at firedoglake, we find steve gilliard's take on the washpost comments fiasco most accurate:

it would also do [jim brady’s] argument some good to admit what we both know: journalists have very thin skins and hate criticism. it would be easy to see that howell was unsettled by the vehemence of the comments directed her way and unnerved by them. because criticism in journalism has been restricted to the occasional letter, not daily parusing of stories and constant e-mail contact. in short, the public is holding journalists accountable in real time, and that is a shock for many reporters and editors.

friends of transparency would have never shut down their comments in the first place. people who want to create the illusion of transparency would.

posted by skippy at 12:03 PM |