Comments on: The Media Equation – All of Us, the Arbiters of News – NYTimes.com http://www.churbuck.com/wordpress/2008/08/the-media-equation-all-of-us-the-arbiters-of-news-nytimescom/ Commentary on media, technology, marketing and clamming strategies Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:36:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Mark Cahill http://www.churbuck.com/wordpress/2008/08/the-media-equation-all-of-us-the-arbiters-of-news-nytimescom/comment-page-1/#comment-599782 Mark Cahill Tue, 12 Aug 2008 16:44:58 +0000 http://www.churbuck.com/wordpress/?p=1924#comment-599782 On the Edwards thing, there was so much smoke for so long, that one just had to assume there was a fire somewhere. I honestly don't recall as much restraint when the issue was McCain and a potential affair with a staffer though... I was one of the folks that watched the opening broadcast due to what I'd been hearing online. I might not have otherwise. Meanwhile, Google screws up and puts a pin in Savannah on their news page for the Russia-Georgia conflict, proving why we need real humans looking at our news before we get it. (I've got an image of the error on my site) On the Edwards thing, there was so much smoke for so long, that one just had to assume there was a fire somewhere. I honestly don’t recall as much restraint when the issue was McCain and a potential affair with a staffer though…

I was one of the folks that watched the opening broadcast due to what I’d been hearing online. I might not have otherwise.

Meanwhile, Google screws up and puts a pin in Savannah on their news page for the Russia-Georgia conflict, proving why we need real humans looking at our news before we get it. (I’ve got an image of the error on my site)

]]> By: Derek Slater http://www.churbuck.com/wordpress/2008/08/the-media-equation-all-of-us-the-arbiters-of-news-nytimescom/comment-page-1/#comment-599753 Derek Slater Tue, 12 Aug 2008 15:31:18 +0000 http://www.churbuck.com/wordpress/?p=1924#comment-599753 Hm, well, important trend yes, but the article itself isn't really saying much new. Is it? Also the bit about the mainstream media having 'mostly passed' on the John Edwards affair -- I had just read a rather lengthy explanation from the AP (I believe) which pursued the story with some vigor but refused to publish anything until they could confirm it. I thought that was a nice bit of restraint on their part - typically they get knocked for charging ahead in the interest of being 'first'. Hm, well, important trend yes, but the article itself isn’t really saying much new. Is it?

Also the bit about the mainstream media having ‘mostly passed’ on the John Edwards affair — I had just read a rather lengthy explanation from the AP (I believe) which pursued the story with some vigor but refused to publish anything until they could confirm it. I thought that was a nice bit of restraint on their part – typically they get knocked for charging ahead in the interest of being ‘first’.

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