Comments on: [sources] the msm is still the one to trust http://nourishingobscurity.wordpress.com/2007/03/05/sources-the-msm-is-still-the-one-to-trust/ soon to be the main site Thu, 24 Sep 2009 16:50:33 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Liam Murray http://nourishingobscurity.wordpress.com/2007/03/05/sources-the-msm-is-still-the-one-to-trust/#comment-1953 Liam Murray Wed, 07 Mar 2007 05:18:56 +0000 http://nourishingobscurity.wordpress.com/2007/03/05/sources-the-msm-is-still-the-one-to-trust/#comment-1953 Not sure this isn't another example of our tendency to get more than a little self-important and feed an inflated sense of our own importance.<br/><br/>As a medium this is very much in it's infancy and I suspect it'll be unrecognisable in a couple of years... Not sure this isn’t another example of our tendency to get more than a little self-important and feed an inflated sense of our own importance.

As a medium this is very much in it’s infancy and I suspect it’ll be unrecognisable in a couple of years…

]]> By: Ellee http://nourishingobscurity.wordpress.com/2007/03/05/sources-the-msm-is-still-the-one-to-trust/#comment-1947 Ellee Tue, 06 Mar 2007 15:23:23 +0000 http://nourishingobscurity.wordpress.com/2007/03/05/sources-the-msm-is-still-the-one-to-trust/#comment-1947 I like the idea of a source selection which Thunderdragon has adopted. However, you can't do that with an anonymous source. This is one reason I always have so many links to my posts. On a story like this, you treble check at least. All of Fleet Street was chasing this story throughout the night, so it shows that blogs get read. I like the idea of a source selection which Thunderdragon has adopted. However, you can’t do that with an anonymous source. This is one reason I always have so many links to my posts. On a story like this, you treble check at least. All of Fleet Street was chasing this story throughout the night, so it shows that blogs get read.

]]> By: ThunderDragon http://nourishingobscurity.wordpress.com/2007/03/05/sources-the-msm-is-still-the-one-to-trust/#comment-1946 ThunderDragon Tue, 06 Mar 2007 13:02:35 +0000 http://nourishingobscurity.wordpress.com/2007/03/05/sources-the-msm-is-still-the-one-to-trust/#comment-1946 I agree with you completely, James. I read as many sources as I can, related to what I my topic, before writing any post on my blog. It just makes sense to read as much about it as possible before writing on it, and means that I can see any bias in the stories.<br/><br/>That is why at the bottom of most of my posts, I write a "Sources" section, a holdover in a way from uni essay writing. It means that others can read up on the subject.story if they wish to and check what I have said against the facts. I agree with you completely, James. I read as many sources as I can, related to what I my topic, before writing any post on my blog. It just makes sense to read as much about it as possible before writing on it, and means that I can see any bias in the stories.

That is why at the bottom of most of my posts, I write a “Sources” section, a holdover in a way from uni essay writing. It means that others can read up on the subject.story if they wish to and check what I have said against the facts.

]]> By: CityUnslicker http://nourishingobscurity.wordpress.com/2007/03/05/sources-the-msm-is-still-the-one-to-trust/#comment-1945 CityUnslicker Mon, 05 Mar 2007 22:34:39 +0000 http://nourishingobscurity.wordpress.com/2007/03/05/sources-the-msm-is-still-the-one-to-trust/#comment-1945 If you want to break a story then get your facts straight. <br/><br/><br/>if you want to comment then you have licence to be looser.<br/><br/>That's my approach anyway. If you want to break a story then get your facts straight.

if you want to comment then you have licence to be looser.

That’s my approach anyway.

]]> By: Disillusioned and Bored http://nourishingobscurity.wordpress.com/2007/03/05/sources-the-msm-is-still-the-one-to-trust/#comment-1944 Disillusioned and Bored Mon, 05 Mar 2007 21:53:11 +0000 http://nourishingobscurity.wordpress.com/2007/03/05/sources-the-msm-is-still-the-one-to-trust/#comment-1944 Each to their own I think. You make your rules and let him make his. I don't see this as a sort of team game. I write my blog the way I want to and largely for myself. I'm not really arsed if it is taken seriously by other people or not, but I do try and think a little before I write<br/><br/>I like your blog because it is well researched and has interesting content. His blog has been interesting in the past, but he's ruined his credibility. Each to their own I think. You make your rules and let him make his. I don’t see this as a sort of team game. I write my blog the way I want to and largely for myself. I’m not really arsed if it is taken seriously by other people or not, but I do try and think a little before I write

I like your blog because it is well researched and has interesting content. His blog has been interesting in the past, but he’s ruined his credibility.

]]> By: Welshcakes Limoncello http://nourishingobscurity.wordpress.com/2007/03/05/sources-the-msm-is-still-the-one-to-trust/#comment-1943 Welshcakes Limoncello Mon, 05 Mar 2007 20:42:52 +0000 http://nourishingobscurity.wordpress.com/2007/03/05/sources-the-msm-is-still-the-one-to-trust/#comment-1943 Difficult, this one. I hadn't hear about any of it the MT death report, I mean] till I read your post. The thing about blogging is that it is immediate. Of course we should do our utmost to check sources but let's not beat ourselves up: few of us are professional journalists and so we don't have the fast access to authoritative sources or the clout to get interviews that the msm do. As long as a blogger posts something he / she is not sure of as their opinion and makes that clear, it is fine. You, James, are very good at listing your sources and that's one reason why I, for one, keep coming back to you. And you make it clear when you cannot totally back something up, so that is fine too. Difficult, this one. I hadn’t hear about any of it the MT death report, I mean] till I read your post. The thing about blogging is that it is immediate. Of course we should do our utmost to check sources but let’s not beat ourselves up: few of us are professional journalists and so we don’t have the fast access to authoritative sources or the clout to get interviews that the msm do. As long as a blogger posts something he / she is not sure of as their opinion and makes that clear, it is fine. You, James, are very good at listing your sources and that’s one reason why I, for one, keep coming back to you. And you make it clear when you cannot totally back something up, so that is fine too.

]]> By: Lord Nazh http://nourishingobscurity.wordpress.com/2007/03/05/sources-the-msm-is-still-the-one-to-trust/#comment-1942 Lord Nazh Mon, 05 Mar 2007 20:21:22 +0000 http://nourishingobscurity.wordpress.com/2007/03/05/sources-the-msm-is-still-the-one-to-trust/#comment-1942 Are you posting for you or 'them'?<br/><br/>Make all the comments you want to. If it turns out you are wrong, say so and move on.<br/><br/>That's certainly better than the A(w/t)P does :) Are you posting for you or ‘them’?

Make all the comments you want to. If it turns out you are wrong, say so and move on.

That’s certainly better than the A(w/t)P does :)

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