Many of the so called "journalists" you're thinking of do no actual news-gathering.
Tell me, please, which journalists am I thinking of?
Just because there are a few journalists who, through their blog, cut out the twice-spun and pre-chewed bullshit that I hate just as much as you, and provide the news first-hand, doesn't mean all bloggers should be referred to as journalists.
Let's talk numbers here. Of the millions of blogs on the internet, how many do you think are straight from a hard-working journalist and are actually worth reading? Now, how many are written by teenage angst-baskets, or worse, middle-aged soccer moms who write about what they heard someone talking about on the radio yesterday?
All 3 examples deserve to be covered by the Shield Law, but only 1 deserves the name "journalist"
I'm not saying bloggers shouldn't be protected, they should.
I am saying that bloggers do not qualify as journalists.
The Shield Law protects "any entity that disseminates information by print, broadcast, cable, satellite, mechanical, photographic, electronic, or other means and that publishes a newspaper, book, magazine, or other periodical in print or electronic form; operates a radio or television station (or network of such stations), cable system, or satellite carrier, or channel or programming service for any such station, network, system, or carrier; or operates a news agency or wire service."
I think this clearly shows that bloggers deserve to be covered, but let's not call them journalists...
For the most part, bloggers are people who merely react to things in the news.
Journalists are the ones who provide the news. In my opinion, as a general term, bloggers are NOT journalists.
How, exactly, is a 2 minute song worth $0.99 while a 30 minute TV show can be had for $1.99 ?
Don't get me wrong, I'm not complaining, I think it's the first under-priced "product" that Apple offers. Perhaps the commercials are included, I guess we'll see.
Who am I kidding, I don't even own an iPod.
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nice, we could be on to something...
could similar balloons provide cellular phone coverage and replace cell towers?
according to the graph, the space station completely disappeared for a few days in mid-february, and then again in late september.
i've downloaded it upwards of 50 times, im sure.
starting with 0.8, then upgrading it (skipping a few, obviously) on close to 10 computers...
it is 'outside the box' ideas like this one that keep me coming back to /.
that does explain a lot. i'm still very suprised that a webpage looking like that is part of microsoft.com
i would assume so, and THAT would be awesome.
I guess that would be the only way to go. Pay cash for a prepaid phone.
beaten like a redheaded step-child.
by an anonymous coward, no less
now all we need is a dual processor motherboard that can support 1 intel and 1 amd processor at the same time.
no, because unless you are replying to an email, it is unsolicited, and therefore 'trespassing'
I never said bloggers shouldn't be protected, I simply said they do not qualify as journalists.
Tell me, please, which journalists am I thinking of?
Just because there are a few journalists who, through their blog, cut out the twice-spun and pre-chewed bullshit that I hate just as much as you, and provide the news first-hand, doesn't mean all bloggers should be referred to as journalists.
Let's talk numbers here. Of the millions of blogs on the internet, how many do you think are straight from a hard-working journalist and are actually worth reading? Now, how many are written by teenage angst-baskets, or worse, middle-aged soccer moms who write about what they heard someone talking about on the radio yesterday?
All 3 examples deserve to be covered by the Shield Law, but only 1 deserves the name "journalist"
I'm not saying bloggers shouldn't be protected, they should.
I am saying that bloggers do not qualify as journalists.
The Shield Law protects "any entity that disseminates information by print, broadcast, cable, satellite, mechanical, photographic, electronic, or other means and that publishes a newspaper, book, magazine, or other periodical in print or electronic form; operates a radio or television station (or network of such stations), cable system, or satellite carrier, or channel or programming service for any such station, network, system, or carrier; or operates a news agency or wire service."
I think this clearly shows that bloggers deserve to be covered, but let's not call them journalists...
For the most part, bloggers are people who merely react to things in the news.
Journalists are the ones who provide the news. In my opinion, as a general term, bloggers are NOT journalists.
How, exactly, is a 2 minute song worth $0.99 while a 30 minute TV show can be had for $1.99 ? Don't get me wrong, I'm not complaining, I think it's the first under-priced "product" that Apple offers. Perhaps the commercials are included, I guess we'll see. Who am I kidding, I don't even own an iPod.