Bloggers of the state unite
... for you have nothing to lose but the barbs of The State and clueless politicians!
Last week was an interesting week for South Carolina blogosphere, when Tim Cameron of A Daily Shot got booted from Glenn McConnell's weekly show. Interestingly enough, it happened to be a show where Senator Jakie Knotts started firing away at bloggers.
Then both McConnell and SCETV went into full denial mode, trying to pass the blame to someone else for booting Tim ... while leaving Jakie as the only executioner willing (or clueless enough) to stand in plain view.
It's not the first time I've seen a politician tee off at us bloggers.
I join those not-so-anonymous bloggers who've had enough. We play by the rules, we do our homework, we dig and find things traditional media can't or won't, and we promote broader discussion of issues relevant to our state. Even if we're different from traditional print and broadcast media, we're news media.
To add to this discusion, a proposed Bloggers Code of Conduct was proposed over on Not Very Bright. I agree with most of what she had to say, and think it's a great start to look at how we can set our own system of standard, ethics, best practices, or whatever they might be called.
In recent weeks, a number of us bloggers have been talking about the need for our own media association, to stand up to the traditional media types, as well as set some common standards for how we do what we do. Being pushed around, attacked as not credible, and then getting scooped for stories time and time again (especially by those outlets who attack us most) ... it's really gone too far.
I think it's time we stood together, don't you?
Last week was an interesting week for South Carolina blogosphere, when Tim Cameron of A Daily Shot got booted from Glenn McConnell's weekly show. Interestingly enough, it happened to be a show where Senator Jakie Knotts started firing away at bloggers.
Then both McConnell and SCETV went into full denial mode, trying to pass the blame to someone else for booting Tim ... while leaving Jakie as the only executioner willing (or clueless enough) to stand in plain view.
It's not the first time I've seen a politician tee off at us bloggers.
I join those not-so-anonymous bloggers who've had enough. We play by the rules, we do our homework, we dig and find things traditional media can't or won't, and we promote broader discussion of issues relevant to our state. Even if we're different from traditional print and broadcast media, we're news media.
To add to this discusion, a proposed Bloggers Code of Conduct was proposed over on Not Very Bright. I agree with most of what she had to say, and think it's a great start to look at how we can set our own system of standard, ethics, best practices, or whatever they might be called.
In recent weeks, a number of us bloggers have been talking about the need for our own media association, to stand up to the traditional media types, as well as set some common standards for how we do what we do. Being pushed around, attacked as not credible, and then getting scooped for stories time and time again (especially by those outlets who attack us most) ... it's really gone too far.
I think it's time we stood together, don't you?
As to anon, the journailists behave like editorialists, so I can't say that they are entilted to the same privleges either.
Kinda nice to see that time date stamps are difficult for reporters to fudge, even more that they're still po'ed with Drudge.