Comments on: David, meet Goliath

By: Medford

Medford — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 15:06:12 +0000

I could watch Schdilenr’s List and still be happy after reading this.

By: Jeff Jarvis

Jeff Jarvis — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 18:52:43 +0000

Cut it out, please. Or I will.

By: Mike Manitoba

Mike Manitoba — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 16:56:46 +0000

Hi, Deez! Do you and Andy Freeman take turns feeding your bloated canards?

By: Laid Off Too

Laid Off Too — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 01:42:54 +0000

Sorry should’ve been New Yorker article inside Charles’ excellent article. I guess I’d be a real hypocrite if I complained about media accuracy!

By: Laid Off Too

Laid Off Too — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 01:40:35 +0000

Thanks for refering me to the New Yotker article Jeff. It was very insightful. Keep up the thought provoking posts!

By: Deez

Deez — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 18:27:42 +0000

If you want to battle Goliath (NY TImes) their way? Put on glasses that only let you see one side of the political spectrum, write stories, even if fake or unsubstantiated, and watch your readers and viewers flee.

The blogs most definitely should not fight the Goliath’s their way. They’ll run themselves out of business.

By: Jeff Jarvis

Jeff Jarvis — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 17:51:03 +0000

Absolutely. That’s why the connections among people and identity and reputation matter and that’s why there are opportunities in curation and education.

By: Andy Freeman

Andy Freeman — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 15:50:34 +0000

Be concerned about whatever you’d like.

However, the alternative to process journalism isn’t perfection, but “get it right” journalism, which is a disaster. Process journalism can be pretty bad and still be significantly better.

By: Mike Manitoba

Mike Manitoba — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 15:09:56 +0000

An honest question:

Should we be concerned about a potential weakness of “process journalism” — that it can sometimes be mistakenly (or destructively) used to excuse lazy or perhaps even nonexistent investigation, that as long as you get it right eventually it doesn’t matter how poor your original report was?

Or am I worried about nothing? I really hope it’s the latter, so I can save my antacid money for a Disney World vacation.

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Wed, 10 Jun 2009 14:24:30 +0000

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By: Tim

Tim — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 14:21:43 +0000

“How David beats Goliath”
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2009/05/11/090511fa_fact_gladwell?currentPage=all

By: Jeff Jarvis

Jeff Jarvis — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 13:55:48 +0000

Aw, you’re just saying that.

(Yes, the hiphop sampling thing would have brought out the copyright arguments. You don’t want that.)

By: Charles

Charles — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 13:05:52 +0000

The other comparison that did occur to me, but I thought the post was getting too long, was peoples’ attitude to hip-hop/rap. “Call that music? You’re just using other peoples’ music and doing that whip-whipp sound with the record deck! You haven’t created anything yourself, you’re just talking over the top!”

Though in retrospect it’s probably apposite.

I thought it was a clever comment. Very interweb.