The Curious Case of Jay Mariotti: Blogger Bashing Is Bad Journalism
Hugging Harold Reynolds —
... their teeth in the newsrooms of no-name papers Jay Mariotti, a blogger himself on a big-name platform built into a powerhouse by none other than a blogger, is the latest multi-platform rambler in the vein of the Bissingers and Rosenthals of the world to jump into the blogger vs. journalist war of words, albeit weeks late. Rather than paraphrase his latest column on the subject, lets take a look at it in its entirty and inject some truths behind his innuendo. Steroid Guessing Is Bad Journalism Posted Jun 29, 2009 11:12PM By Jay Mariotti ...
Mainstream Media Continues To Forget Previous Articles Written About Steroids
AwfulAnnouncing —
... I'm not entirely sure why Jay Mariotti decided to wait a whole two weeks to chime in on the Raul Ibanez/Blog thing, but I'm more interested in the premise of his article. Mariotti is now about the 30th mainstream media member to comment that "steroid guessing is bad journalism", but forgetting what he has written about the subject in the past. Before we get into all of Mariotti's accusations about members of the Cubs, let's look at what he wrote late last night.... ...
Why Mariotti is Right
Sports Media Journal —
The sports blogsphere is all a flutter today in response to Jay Mariotti’s rant against bloggers in his latest post on Fanhouse. Much of the criticism of Mariotti’s piece is nothing new; the MSM doesn’t understand bloggers…bloggers are not journalists…the MSM should focus on doing its job. And on and on. Listen, I’m not a fan of Mariotti, but I do have some suggestions to all my blogging friends; Get over the criticism. You give Mariotti more attention by reacting to him. Mariotti’s contention that some bloggers need to act like journalists is right! How can I say this you ...
Mariotti : Will Leitch Invented Blogging, Bad Journalism
Can't Stop The Bleeding —
It took AOL Sports’ Jay Mariotti a couple of weeks to weigh in on Jerod Morris’ much-maligned essay on Raul Ibanez’ pre-DL offensive explosion, claiming “Morris made a fool of himself during a panel discussion on ESPN’s Outside The Lines.” That’s not exactly how I remember it, but the former Sun-Times Mascara Fiend would like the world to know he’s far above this naming-and-shaming sans evidence, bragging, “I don’t have to STRRRRRETTTTCCH THE TRUTH or make something up to be noticed as a ...
