Blog Herald Issues Disclosure Policy and Hate Note. WTF?

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Jason Calcanis and Nick Denton have sparred extensively about the need for a blog code of ethics, as have many others in the blogosphere.
Duncan Riley editor Blog Herald has entered the debate with its his strange disclosure policy. Riley says “If your[sic] taking money from anyone as part of your blogging, and I’d note that although I’d say Google Adsense probably doesn’t count on this one, but BlogAds certainly does, you should consider some sort of disclosure statement in relation to your revenue and what you will and won’t do for a dollar.”
Hey Duncan, why would one type of advertising count and not another?
He notes that The Blog Herald will accept gifts of goods or software for review on the site, guarantee that such goods will be reviewed, but not guarantee a good review, and that it will be noted that the goods were gifts. Makes sense.
But he loses it when he includes:
Personal dislikes of the Editor:
SixApart/ Mena Trott
The Blog Herald advises that the personal dislike by its editor, Duncan Riley, as a member of the MT Diaspora of 2004 against the SixApart company and its President, Mena Trott, may and does influence the reporting of this company at the Blog Herald.
WTF?

Comments

1. Nick W says:

   March 11, 2005 at 9:50 am

   That’s the problem with all this disclosure nonsense, it’s being bandied about like some kind of “professional” requirement when what it really boils down to is peer pressure and willy waving by amateurs.
   These folks, and calacanis is the worst by far, though denton does himself no favors also, need to stop flaffing around and gazing at their navals and do what they do best, write content for websites.

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2. SB says:

   March 12, 2005 at 9:37 pm

   Yeah, I’ve noticed that dislike, and wondered about it myself. And I *do* think it “influence[s] the reporting of this company at the Blog Herald.”
   Negatively, for TBH, not for SixApart.

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3. Allan Jenkins says:

   March 14, 2005 at 5:29 am

   That’s an odd disclosure policy, indeed. I note that he’s edited the part you quoted; but it’s still amusing.
   Blog Herald is dear to my heart because of the near-constant stream of strange grammar, misspellings, and love of the passive voice — even as Duncan Riley pleads that, yes, bloggers are journalists.
   My journalism profs would have given him a trouncing “F”. My first editor would have fired him before noon. But you gotta love the chutzpah.

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