deadspin.com - 2/13/2009
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Yesterday afternoon, Detroit Free Press columnist Mitch Albom appeared on Scott Van Pelt's radio show to offer his insights on the rickety state of American journalism. Yes, pamphleteer fans: Mitch Albom hates blogs . Of course, this is a tired, stale argument, that's almost too easy to pick ...
misterirrelevant.com - 2/13/2009
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misterirrelevant.com —
Scott Van Pelt felt sorry enough for me
to have me on his ESPN radio program this...
afternoon. We discussed blogs, the mainstream media, why Mitch Albom isn’t qualified to make arrests, and how, like, totally similar Van Pelt and I are! (Hint: ...
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Blogs vs. Mainstream Media … Again
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Mitch Albom hates anyone with a computer
It's Just Sports —
... Deadspin : Mitch Albom, with a shocker: "Bloggers can essentially basically be anyone with a computer. And anyone with a computer does not belong on the level any more than I should just be able to to arrest somebody you know because I decided to, versus being a police officer. Or do somebody's taxes because I decided to, versus going to accounting school." We like to think It's Just Sports had a ...
Blogging the Bloggers: Abe Lincoln’s hot offspring, Fitz punks Cooley and more
The Scores Report - The National Sports Blog —
... - DEADSPIN comments on Mitch Albom’s comments on bloggers who comment on…whatever it is that bloggers comment on. (I wouldn’t know.) ...
MSM fights Sports Bloggers! Chris Mottram Fights Back!
NESW Sports, Sports Videos —
... main stream media gives them. They explain it to their readers in their own way, which is what the readers want. This is why newspapers are shutting down.
MSM is here to stay, but it is shrinking. Blogs are here to stay, and they are growing. We all need to be educated about both. Be sure to read more on this on Mister Irrelevant ( where they tell a tale of Mitch and how he can write a story before it happens ), Awful Announcing, Deadspin, and Mouthpiece Sports. ...
SI and B.J. Raji: Why is Sportswriting Seemingly Immune from Anonymous Sourcing Restrictions?
The Big Lead —
... He was at the NFL combine and took a drug test. Either he failed or he passed. A reporter could have easily corroborated that story, by getting the test results. Without that there was no story. Submitting it was lazy. Running it was irresponsible.
It’s no different than the Tomase debacle with the practice taping. Anonymous sourcing, even in something as superficial as sports, must be vetted.
Sportswriters claim to have “learned certain rules about what is journalism and what isn’t.” Follow them.
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