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To: Loyal Buckeye

The overall impression I have with this article is that the author feels blogs are putting journalists under a very powerful microscope and she doesn't like it. However, examples of blatantly bad journalism from people like Dan Rather, who have a reputation of being at the top of their field and at the pinnacles of their careers, shows the bias this author really has. I sense journalist frustration with the intense scutiny of the blogs as legitimate. No one wants their job to be under that level of scutiny, nor will any professional, regardless of their field, ever be error free. A true professional should take such criticism in stride and endeavor to correct his mistakes and improve their trade. Complaining about being 'caught' in a mistake is not a professional response, but an emotional outburst. With that in mind, if a journalists corrects their mistake, then a professional blog that spotted this mistake has the responsibility to acknowledge that correction. Overall, I hope that the dynamics of the blogs helps both evolve to higher standards.


33 posted on 12/31/2005 7:29:47 AM PST by doc30 (Democrats are to morals what and Etch-A-Sketch is to Art.)
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To: doc30
The overall impression I have with this article is that the author
feels blogs are putting journalists under a very powerful
microscope and she doesn't like it.


I can't help but wonder if this is why the medical field is so
slow to adopt more technology for patient management/records...
I'd guess bumbling doctors don't want even better patient documentation
and good docs just don't want to be bothered with the investment of
time/energy to get up to speed.
68 posted on 12/31/2005 8:58:32 AM PST by VOA
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