Dissonance By Marc Cooper March 21, 2009: Reporters as Cops?

[McooperTube]

There is a direct link Rainey's piece on my blog post from which this video derives. Thanks for ur comments, tho we disagree (at least by half).

[nevsky5]

PT III And at least a newspaper has an (outmoded, corrupt and greedy) financial model to serve as SOME kind of governor on it. But a blog, no matter how deluded, biased, misinformed or ill-informed can potentially live on for decades no matter its true record.

Finally, a suggestion, Mr. Cooper. How about a live link in the INFO to any story/report/column your commenting on so the viewer has convenient access to more than simply your characterization?

[nevsky5]

PT II.

Why fight the argument that there are many more hacks, incompetents and easily duped rubes publishing blogs? It's irrefutably true. Readers/consumers must be more discriminating - a privilege they haven't always had.

[nevsky5]

Sounds like a personal problem to me, one Mr. Cooper may have with Mr. Rainey, because I think I'm with Kevin Roderick on this one. Both Rainey and Cooper are right. Both have many examples to support their POV. I'm surorised Cooper failed to make one point that supports his perspective. Many of the bloggers for whom Rainey (or the subjects of his interviews) show such disdain ARE big-time, experienced print journalists. They've been laid off by the publications that once employed them.