Comments on: Best and worst #1 http://bloggingintothefuture.wordpress.com/2007/10/12/best-and-worst-1/ A blog among blogs Thu, 17 Jan 2008 03:01:18 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: The Anon Guy http://bloggingintothefuture.wordpress.com/2007/10/12/best-and-worst-1/#comment-216 The Anon Guy Thu, 17 Jan 2008 03:01:18 +0000 http://bloggingintothefuture.wordpress.com/2007/10/12/best-and-worst-1/#comment-216 Actually, Dullard Mush is a political blog with an emphasis on Nevada. It isn't a journalism/blogging-specific site, so not sure if it warrants a "Worst" (though I guess bad publicity is better than none). The article referenced above was just a link to someone else discussing the topic. It did, though, also link to a past journalism vs. blogging incident in which DM was involved (which I'm not sure if you read). That entailed a local reporter who covered candidates for his paper, as news stories not opinion, but also maintained a personal blog that was highly partisan. He also threatened another blogger and tipped off a candidate friend of his to a possible investigation. The topic of whether a supposed unbiased reporter could also run a partisan blog on the side and not hurt the integrity of their stories and paper prompted an interesting comment thread on a UNR journalism blog. I also solicited opinions from other journalism experts. In the end, most thought it was a bad idea and a few suggested it was a disgrace to journalism and the offending reporter should be fired. And after his actions were exposed by a few blogs, he was. Actually, Dullard Mush is a political blog with an emphasis on Nevada. It isn’t a journalism/blogging-specific site, so not sure if it warrants a “Worst” (though I guess bad publicity is better than none).

The article referenced above was just a link to someone else discussing the topic. It did, though, also link to a past journalism vs. blogging incident in which DM was involved (which I’m not sure if you read).

That entailed a local reporter who covered candidates for his paper, as news stories not opinion, but also maintained a personal blog that was highly partisan. He also threatened another blogger and tipped off a candidate friend of his to a possible investigation.

The topic of whether a supposed unbiased reporter could also run a partisan blog on the side and not hurt the integrity of their stories and paper prompted an interesting comment thread on a UNR journalism blog. I also solicited opinions from other journalism experts.

In the end, most thought it was a bad idea and a few suggested it was a disgrace to journalism and the offending reporter should be fired. And after his actions were exposed by a few blogs, he was.

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