--- In [email protected], "Charles Iliya Krempeaux"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Hello,
> 
> On 4/8/07, Enric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > --- In [email protected], "Patrick Cook"
> >  <patsvideoblog@> wrote:
> >  >
> >  > Hi everyone:
> >  >
> >  > On 4/4/07, Heath <heathparks@> wrote:
> >  > >
> >  > > Interesting article
> >  > >
> >  > >
> > 
http://hotzone.yahoo.com/b/hotzone/blogs28294;_ylt=AjL7tlWL.cedgomrWP1
> >  > >  qsXOs0NUE
> >  >
> >  > It is HOWEVER..... (Quotes from the article are below)
> >  >
> >  > >  Wolf, who calls himself and activist and anarchist on
another one of
> >  > >  his sites, "The Revolution Will Be Televised,"
> >  >
> >  > I just LOVE it when the mainstream media and press refer to
what we do
> >  > as "anarchism" when in fact what we're REALLY doing is simply
> >  > excercising our rights to the press and free speech.
> >  >
> >  > If that's being an anarchist, well then it's NO WONDER why FOX News
> >  > loves to crtiticize the rest of the media and press and cry Liberal
> >  > bias.  Then too, THEY ARE WORSE since they're CONSERVATIVELY
biased.
> >  >
> >  > Besides, I don't think Josh has EVER referred to himself as an
> >  > "anarchist".  Have you Josh?
> >
> >  http://web.archive.org/web/20051222223539/http://joshwolf.net/
> >
> >  "I live in San Francisco. I'm an artist, an activist, an
anarchist and
> >  an archivist; this is my videoblog."
> 
> To all those who think the word "anarchy" is a bad word....
> 
> When this whole Josh Wolf thing started happening, I started wondering
> what "anarchy" actually meant.
> 
> I'd always heard it used in a derogatory sense.
> 
> I did some research, and I was surprised to find out what it
actually meant.
> 
> I found that "anarchy" is a synonym for a word which most people (in
> our cultures) claim to be a virtue.  The difference between the two
> words seems to be similar to the words "AND" and "BUT"... i.e.,
> logically they have the exact same definition... but the connotations
> people attach to them are different, and in some senses opposites.
> 
> I'd encourage you to research it yourself too.  (You'll probably be as
> surprise as I was.)
> 
> 
> See ya
> 


Research and facts are good.  Objectivity.

  -- Enric

> >  >
> >  > >  Debra Saunders, a conservative columnist for the San Francisco
> >  > >  Chronicle, applauds Wolf's dedication, but doesn't believe
he should
> >  > >  be called a journalist.
> >  > >
> >  > >  "I think that you can be a blogger and be a journalist,"
Saunders
> >  > >  tells me from her office at the Chronicle. "There are people
who fit
> >  > >  that [description], but when you're an activist cavorting
with the
> >  > >  people you're chronicling, then you are not a journalist."
> >  >
> >  > Really?  And just what are local TV people when they cover a
rally or
> >  > protest for the evening news?  Chopped liver?
> >  >
> >  > Talk about a clone of Ann Coulter!
> >  >
> >  > >  Her own newspaper disagrees with that assessment and has
supported
> >  > >  Wolf on the Chronicle's opinion pages.
> >  >
> >  > As well as it should.
> >  >
> >  > >  "The fact that Josh Wolf has strong political views does not
> >  > >  disqualify him from being a journalist any more than the
fact that I
> >  > >  am an editorial page editor and have opinions disqualifies
me from
> >  > >  being a journalist," says John Diaz of the Chronicle. "The
fact is,
> >  > >  he was out at that rally, collecting information to
disseminate to
> >  > >  the public. I think that makes him a journalist."
> >  >
> >  > Exactly.
> >  >
> >  > >  Ultimately, Saunders says, it won't be journalists and
bloggers who
> >  > >  decide the issue, but the government.
> >  >
> >  > But it will be journalists and us as bloggers who will ask the
tough
> >  > questions OF the government though.
> >  >
> >  > >  "The courts are going to end up deciding who journalists are,
> >  > >  because, unfortunately, this administration is really
pushing the
> >  > >  envelope in jailing journalists, and it won't end with the Bush
> >  > >  administration," Saunders says. "It will get bigger as
people point
> >  > >  fingers in many ways, and that means the courts are going to
decide
> >  > >  who journalists are. You may not like it, but that's the way
it is."
> >  >
> >  > On this point, even I agree with her.
> >  >
> >  > Just my opinion :D
> >  >
> >  > Cheers :D
> >  >
> >  > --
> >  > Pat Cook
> >  > Denver, Colorado
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> 
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> 
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