Based on this and other articles a police car, several store fronts, and other things were damaged. Nothing major, no looting, but damage, and the damage was done by a small group, not the largest part.
So if I happen to grab some footage of a tornado and sell it to the news that makes me a journalist? Being in the right place at the right time does not a journalist make. The purpose of this guys blog is to promote the ideas of the same group of people that were doing these protests. I think he is more of PR person than a journalist. > -----Original Message----- > From: Dana [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, August 02, 2006 5:55 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Blogger or Journalist > > hmm it isn't that simple. I have only read the one story that Nick posted, > but the footage is of a demonstration, not simple vandalism. Apparently a > police car was damaged in the course of the demonstration and they want to > know if unaired portions of the tape point to who and how. I'd have to see > the guy's rationale to know what I think of this. > > If he wants to avoid setting a precedent I might agree with him. This is > not > a matter of say a murder that we know for sure happened. It's people who > were exercising their right to free speech and perhaps some of them also > committed a misdemeanour. If I weigh that out I come down in favor of not > setting a precedent. > > As for whether a blogger is a journalist, I think this is something that > has > not been worked out yet. It may depend on the blog. But regardless of the > blog, the guy sold some of the film to a local television station so in my > book that makes him a freelance journalist. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:212360 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
