Comments on: Should journalists be human beings? http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/04/05/should-journalists-be-human-beings/ ... at the intersection of media, technology, business and the web Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:42:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Mathew http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/04/05/should-journalists-be-human-beings/comment-page-1/#comment-1106 Mathew Thu, 06 Apr 2006 18:53:44 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/index.php/2006/04/05/should-journalists-be-human-beings/#comment-1106 Hear, hear Dominic. Well said. Mathew Hear, hear Dominic. Well said.

Mathew

]]> By: Dominic Jones http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/04/05/should-journalists-be-human-beings/comment-page-1/#comment-1105 Dominic Jones Thu, 06 Apr 2006 18:51:01 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/index.php/2006/04/05/should-journalists-be-human-beings/#comment-1105 I'll take a journalist with an opinion, a point of view, a mission and a passion any day over a unmotivated hack who rewrites news releases and simply repeats what each side of an argument says without question. I’ll take a journalist with an opinion, a point of view, a mission and a passion any day over a unmotivated hack who rewrites news releases and simply repeats what each side of an argument says without question.

]]> By: Stuart MacDonald http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/04/05/should-journalists-be-human-beings/comment-page-1/#comment-1104 Stuart MacDonald Thu, 06 Apr 2006 17:26:54 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/index.php/2006/04/05/should-journalists-be-human-beings/#comment-1104 What, journalists are humans? Is this new? ;-) - Stuart What, journalists are humans? Is this new?

;-)

- Stuart

]]> By: Mathew http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/04/05/should-journalists-be-human-beings/comment-page-1/#comment-1102 Mathew Thu, 06 Apr 2006 12:05:05 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/index.php/2006/04/05/should-journalists-be-human-beings/#comment-1102 Good points, Brian -- thanks for the comment. Mathew Good points, Brian — thanks for the comment.

Mathew

]]> By: Brian http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/04/05/should-journalists-be-human-beings/comment-page-1/#comment-1099 Brian Thu, 06 Apr 2006 06:36:40 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/index.php/2006/04/05/should-journalists-be-human-beings/#comment-1099 Of course you should have opinions. However .. from the point of view of a consumer not a producer of news it's not the public who holds journalists to standards of impossible objectivity but you guys. That is - y'all say "we're objective and repot only the facts" and news consumers are like all 'ya right" and you guys are like "no really" and we're like "okay what-E-ver but what about this and that clear example of bias" and round and round it goes. We're _all_ victims of a glass society where information propagates at light speed and nothing is going to remain hidden. This time it's John Green next time it might be someone finding an obscure post I made to a listserv back in the day. Not that I am anyone of note (aside from my job with an odd company) but still. Of course you should have opinions. However .. from the point of view of a consumer not a producer of news it’s not the public who holds journalists to standards of impossible objectivity but you guys.

That is - y’all say “we’re objective and repot only the facts” and news consumers are like all ‘ya right” and you guys are like “no really” and we’re like “okay what-E-ver but what about this and that clear example of bias” and round and round it goes.

We’re _all_ victims of a glass society where information propagates at light speed and nothing is going to remain hidden. This time it’s John Green next time it might be someone finding an obscure post I made to a listserv back in the day. Not that I am anyone of note (aside from my job with an odd company) but still.

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