tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post5833111210764328657..comments2023-10-24T09:06:30.200-04:00Comments on No More Mister Nice Blog: POLITICO'S DYLAN BYERS: TIME FOR A BLOGGER ETHICS PANELSteve M.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11963290427258439242noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-72533651440597218892015-01-12T23:58:54.564-05:002015-01-12T23:58:54.564-05:00Click bait?
Dylan Byers is a master baiter.Click bait?<br /><br />Dylan Byers is a master baiter.Rogerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17803231988989969133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-3595629657316374022015-01-12T19:54:55.093-05:002015-01-12T19:54:55.093-05:00"And it's, you know, if you have more out..."And it's, you know, if you have more outlets and more either reporters or folks who sort of fashion themselves as reporters, regardless of whether or not the fact they're even leaving their desks or leaving their computers, they're all sort of competing for viewers or readers."<br /><br />I assume this group includes poll aggregator Nate Silver, who intrepid professional reporter Dylan Byers -- in a scoop that was a triumph of serious journalisting -- revealed as a mere aggregator of polls. Unsalted Sinnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07388516480935688151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-49787324358773455072015-01-12T19:33:47.184-05:002015-01-12T19:33:47.184-05:00Ah for the good old days when you could spend a re...Ah for the good old days when you could spend a relaxing Sunday at a candidate's country mansion and decide with your colleagues what tomorrow's story would be while you enjoyed a few drinks on the coach at the end of the day. That was true journalism.Ken_Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11709548046018362581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-57714688372974275022015-01-12T12:23:51.482-05:002015-01-12T12:23:51.482-05:00Gosh. Poor Byers. If only journalists had, you kno...Gosh. Poor Byers. If only journalists had, you know, some kind of framework for deciding whether something's a story or not. And if only they had the free will to exercise that framework appropriately. We could call the process "editing," if we wanted to get fancy.Lex Alexanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05364989805025038306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-1512834240952071632015-01-12T10:34:43.401-05:002015-01-12T10:34:43.401-05:00I remember how quickly that malicious story spread...I remember how quickly that malicious story spread.<br />And how slow the Kerry team's response to it was.<br /><br />What was that Twain line?<br />'A lie is halfway around the world before the truth can put its boots on.'<br />Something like that.<br /><br />And it's only natural that some of these pundit clowns disavow any knowledge or responsibility for its spread.<br />After all, the American people, never known for their long memories, have had over 10 years to forget who said what to whom, about whom, when, where, why, and how.<br /><br />And, besides, you know how those bloggers are...Victorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06609452382111686086noreply@blogger.com