Frowning takes 68 muscles.
Smiling takes 6.
Pulling this trigger takes 2.
I'm lazy.
Posted on 01/24/2011 5:33:07 PM PST by Nachum
Just because the site was founded by an alleged plagiarist doesn't mean it's totally devoid of ethical clout. Though you do have to wonder: from where does the Huffington Post recruit its bloggers? The site reportedly informed one of its unpaid contributors last week that he was being let go. The offense: he had used his press credentials as a HuffPo blogger to get labor union demonstrators access to a Mortgage Bankers Association event, where they staged a rowdy protest. Yahoo News reporter Joe Pompeo wrote of the event on Monday:
The commotion attracted a fair amount of media attention -- even CNBC gave it some airtime that afternoon. But what didn't make it into the news reports was how the union members gained access into the conference -- held at Washington's posh JW Marriott -- in the first place.
(Excerpt) Read more at newsbusters.org ...
OOPS!.....
Oh my. An abuse of “press credentials” has taken place. Why, this might reflect adversely on The Credibility of Journalism.
bump
This is a major deal because it taints the concept of press credentials for ALL bloggers including those on the right who do yeoman’s work.
Not really. The left always gets a pass.
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