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Is Blogging Journalism?

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the well-yes-it-definitely-might-be-sometimes dept.

An anonymous reader writes "In the wake of the judge's refusal to extend journalist protections to Think Secret in its case against Apple, the Net is abuzz with commentaries coming to its defense. MacInTouch points to three of them, from CNET's Declan McCullagh, MP3 Newswire's Richard Menta and grassroots journalism pundit Dan Gillmor. All agree that Apple went too far with its case and question the court's decision that Web journalists don't count."

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  1. NOPE by Jane_the_Great · · Score: -1, Troll
    Blogging is nothing but internet diaries for desperate losers that can't get laid on a Saturday night. Fuck them - they're shit. This new journalism nonsense is bullshit. Honestly, most "bloggers" [I prefer the term fucking dick-lickers] are uneducated pieces of trash. They don't have any idea how one would report news so they fail on all levels of how journalism is judged. They're primarily writing op-ed pieces without any editor. What does that spell out? The fucking letters column in the goddamned fucking newspaper. That's really great and all but guess what - that puts bloggers on the same level as that old lady that eats cat food because her husband was a drunk and never put any money away for retirement so when he died, she thought that social security was going to be her retirement fund. Bullshit. Social security was never meant to be a retirement fund. That's fucking nonsense. And anyone who thinks that they'll retire on social security should be eating cat food. Actually, they shouldn't even get cat food. They should get my shit. Fuck them and fuck you for reading this.

    Peace, I'm out. God Bless.

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  2. Re:Was Apple Right? by mark-t · · Score: 0, Troll

    Can something that is intended to become public knowledge imminently anyways (ie, after the product is released) actually be legally considered a trade secret?

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  3. Re:This is wrong... by wheelbarrow · · Score: 1, Troll

    What if someone violated Apple's NDA and reported on Apple employing slave labor to clean floors at company headquarters? In your world, karmaflux, the NDA violator would be in the wrong, get punished, and the slaves would still be slaves.

  4. No Way by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Journalism is stuff that people actually read, first of all...

    Blogging is onanistic opinion dissemination.