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"Mainstream Media is Objective" - and I'm Queen Elizabeth
"Google may be providing the greatest day care ever, but so what? It doesn’t matter how good the day care is if only its wealthiest employees can afford to use it. If Google had really wanted to do something path-breaking about its day care crisis, it would have spent less time creating elitist day care centers and more time figuring out how to “scale” day care for everybody no matter what their salaries. ...Judging by what’s transpired, that’s what Google is fast becoming: just another company."Does that sound like part of an objective news story to you? Gimme a break. Blogging seems to terrify mainstream media, and none more than the NY Times, which misses no opportunity to dis bloggers, even as they add writing blogs to their writers' responsibilities. The Times loves to paint bloggers as insignificant and naive ranters, issuing reports that aren't "real" journalism like the ones in the Times. (Forgetting Jason Blair of course.) Other Times pieces on bloggers call us hobbyists, and cranky hacks. I'm opinionated, and proud of it. And you know, when you read me, that I'm a liberal Democrat and a feminist, among other things I'm only too happy to tell you about. There's no pretense here. If you want an objective view, you're better off finding yourself a conservative, misogynist blogger's opinion of a given topic and then drawing your own conclusion than you are trying to get an objective opinion from mainstream media. Or just read the NY Times. Related: Full disclosure: I own three shares of Google stock. :>) Categories:
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CommentsYeo, you go lady, you proud beauty hardcore she-blogger. My wife said I might want to delete some older positions from my resume, so employers or clients won't be prejudiced about my age (50 something). I said, no way. I am what I am. Deal with it. I will not hide what is essential. I may not tell everybody everything about myself and my millions of faults. But I'm not going to hide stuff due to unwarranted fear or shame. I'm a seasoned copywriter. Pacifist. Christian Socialist Neo-Anarchist. War Protester. I oppose violence in all forms, including films and video games. I work against all domination systems (including predatory internet trolls), primarily via online petitions, life example, and blogocombat. I have never voted and never will, because the kingdom I support and live in is "not of this world". I champion and defend democracy, house church movements, art, literature, philosophy, underground music, avant garde classical music, the blogosphere, and grassroots activism that bypasses and has no need for government or politicians. You're right. Bloggers are more transparent and open minded than most MSM journalists. And we have no fear. Posted by: Steven E. Streight aka Pluperfecter at July 5, 2008 3:02 PM I wish mainstream journalists would tell us their point of view in their bios. It's so much better to know where someone is coming from. I am, however, sorry to hear that you don't vote. Posted by: BL Ochman at July 5, 2008 6:58 PM Post a commentEmail this story to a friendTrackBacksTrackBack URL for this entry: |
The next time someone says that mainstream media is objective, fair and balanced, and bloggers aren't, I will show them this quote from page one New York Times 
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