Comments on: Yahoo’s man at the front

By: Indian Yogi

Indian Yogi — Wed, 02 Aug 2006 08:24:09 +0000

Bloggers and passionate internet users are keen to get news from unbiased
sources. With Citizen Journalism gaining traction and the user-generated content wave climbing steadily, such individual reportages are going to become common. And the online media is going to alot significant space to this in future.

It’s too early to debate the pros and cons of such unbridled reporting. For now, it’s good to see the individual in action. Let’s be Positive towards the trend, until proven otherwise.

By: BuzzMachine » Blog Archive » Yahoo’s news

BuzzMachine » Blog Archive » Yahoo’s news — Tue, 11 Oct 2005 11:41:17 +0000

[...] Xeni Jardin takes on Yahoo’s news ethics in an LA Times opinion piece, first on their behavior in China and then — as I did — arguing that by hiring Kevin Sites to cover wars, they are turning news into entertainment, they are going just for the bloody bits. [...]

By: Patricia

Patricia — Wed, 14 Sep 2005 01:35:49 +0000

A corporation pays a reporter for a purpose–undoubtedly, to up their ratings.

Why again is that blog-like?

I predict lots of boom-boom and lots of American “brutality.”

By: Janine

Janine — Tue, 13 Sep 2005 20:52:27 +0000

It may seem strange to have a site and a reporter who covers just war. However–and, call me crazy–but I find it way more sad than strange.

By: frankbruno

frankbruno — Tue, 13 Sep 2005 20:46:17 +0000

So here’s my idea: why don’t a consortium of like-minded bloggers get together and fund their own reporter like Kevin Sites? They’re always complaining about the sorry state of MSM reporting, so what’s to stop the top 50 liberal bloggers, for example, from pooling ad revenue and hiring a credentialed D.C. reporter that they could feed questions and research topics to?

By: Doug Gregory

Doug Gregory — Tue, 13 Sep 2005 17:57:45 +0000

Ernie Pyle, he ain’t.

By: The SpinMD

The SpinMD — Tue, 13 Sep 2005 16:33:17 +0000

So, it’s not exactly mainstream media; it’s not exactly citizen journalism; it’s something in-between…another proof point that the current state of news coverage is damaged. Like the citizen news brigades that are popping up, companies will seek to remove the filters and biases of the established news organizations. Sure sounds a lot like the evolution of the blogosphere, no?

By: Jimmy

Jimmy — Tue, 13 Sep 2005 13:48:44 +0000

I don’t think you give this enought credit. It could actually become an uncensored view of conflict around the globe. Instead concentrating on Iraq, or not as the case may be with too many “news” organizations, we might get some real reporting on places like Darfur, for example. And yes, he will most certainly present the bad side, but one can hope that we will also present the good side (if there is such a thing in war). I for one plan to give it the benefit of the doubt until I see otherwise. Hopefully, this will help cure our news of its myopic focus on the sensational aspects of war. Maybe it will focus more on the human aspect of both the fighters and those caught in the middle.

By: Ben Barren

Ben Barren — Tue, 13 Sep 2005 12:55:54 +0000

Seems to me there is a talent war b/w 2.0 portals. Someone gets Vint Cerf. I Get someone from Afghanistan. Maybe Google will find Osama.