Open Source Journalism

jvm writes "Markos of Daily Kos wrote today of what he describes as the legacy of blogging: open source. Not software, but the philosophy. From the article: "When I'm asked about blogging's legacy, I talk about open source. Open source politics, open source activism, open source journalism -- the aggregation of thousands on behalf of a common cause." Relatedly, egoff writes "You might have seen some coverage of Jeff Gannon, a conservative reporter who lobbed softball questions during White House press briefings. It was discovered that he was using an alias to get past White House security. The language of open source development is used throughout their description of the reporting process. At Poynter Online, journalists discussing this story have compared the random blog readers who did the bulk of this research to "what Woodstein did back in the day.""

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Thanks for the textbook example.

[Doc Ruby]

That stupid post is perfectly exemplary of the rightwing reactionary, especially on Slashdot. Some lying jerk scams his way to a WH press pass, with WH backing, to produce WH propaganda. In the absence of any legitimate way to present this except as an exposed WH con, the Bush worshipper invents nonsense to attack a messenger who's not around to defend himself. Nevermind any dislike for the facts in the story, which would repel anyone with a conscience. And posted as AC, to boot.