On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 7:08 AM, Joe Hass <[email protected]> wrote: (SNIP) > PGage: I don't think there is unanimity in the idea that Daulerio and > Deadspin crossed a line here, even within the two old media articles. > The late George Carlin once said in an interview (and it might have > been in "The Aristocrats") that his job is to get people to cross > lines they didn't think were crossable. Instead, there seems to be a > lot of conversation that this raised: (SNIP)
Thanks for all of his Joe, very interesting. I am old, and I like old media, and old standards. I am not impressed by Daulerio at all. Or, to be more clear, I am not impressed if he is trying to make any claim to journalistic credibility, You don't get to slap a bunch of sleazy rumors against the public wall and then claim some kind of journalistic validity of a few of them turn out to be right. Once he shows that this is how he does business, then we are justified in not believing anything that he has to say. Now, perhaps Daulerio makes no pretense to journalistic credibility. In that case he is just a guy who publishes rumors, some of which may be at least a little bit true. If he can make money doing that I don't have any particular need to bash him for it - I just don't want him making money portraying himself as having credibility when he does not have the patience, or the competence, or the ethics to fact check his claims and firm up his sources (I know, he can't be bound by old media rules that he actually have a source for his claims). I am not too goo to check out Deadspin - it certainly can be fun and I have my own issues with the Mothership. But as a credible source of information? It is off the list. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
