STAR TRIBUNE WANTS ME TO USE MY POWERS FOR GOOD
This is why I wanted to be an anonymous blogger. The only complaint to discredit my blog is where I worked and that I am a Republican.
My blog doesn't offer analysis and opinion? It's called Minnesota Democrats Exposed for Pete's sakes!
##
The Blog House: Blogs ought to be more than partisan hatchet jobs
So we finally know who Minnesota Democrats Exposed is. And who cares? I don't.
Michael Brodkorb's website is described as a blog. In my opinion, nothing could be further from the truth. A blog offers analysis and opinion -- be it snarky or thoughtful; Brodkorb's is a clearinghouse for anything remotely negative about the DFL -- articles from newspapers or press releases from campaigns or the Minnesota Republican Party.
That would make sense -- the state GOP is Brodkorb's former employer, and, whether he is on the payroll or not, it is obvious from a cursory look at his site that he's still carrying water for the party.
I don't know enough about libel law to offer an educated opinion on New School Communications' libel suit against Brodkorb (a friend who does know says it's a pretty weak case). But I do know this -- Brodkorb is no John Peter Zenger. Just look at the name of his website. He's no First Amendment martyr.
He has an agenda. So do the operators of Minnesota Republican Watch, Kennedy vs. the Machine, Dump Bachmann, etc. And that's their right. It's just one of the ways that the blogosphere is changing -- for better or for worse -- the political landscape. And while some of these sites are interesting and worth a bookmark, remember their purpose as you read their posts.
It's too bad. Blogs should strive to be something more. The mainstream media get rapped on the knuckles a lot, and rightly so. This new forum for investigative journalism and political discourse should be utilized for those purposes, rather than partisan hatchet jobs. Source for complete article: Star Tribune, January 7, 2006
My blog doesn't offer analysis and opinion? It's called Minnesota Democrats Exposed for Pete's sakes!
##
The Blog House: Blogs ought to be more than partisan hatchet jobs
So we finally know who Minnesota Democrats Exposed is. And who cares? I don't.
Michael Brodkorb's website is described as a blog. In my opinion, nothing could be further from the truth. A blog offers analysis and opinion -- be it snarky or thoughtful; Brodkorb's is a clearinghouse for anything remotely negative about the DFL -- articles from newspapers or press releases from campaigns or the Minnesota Republican Party.
That would make sense -- the state GOP is Brodkorb's former employer, and, whether he is on the payroll or not, it is obvious from a cursory look at his site that he's still carrying water for the party.
I don't know enough about libel law to offer an educated opinion on New School Communications' libel suit against Brodkorb (a friend who does know says it's a pretty weak case). But I do know this -- Brodkorb is no John Peter Zenger. Just look at the name of his website. He's no First Amendment martyr.
He has an agenda. So do the operators of Minnesota Republican Watch, Kennedy vs. the Machine, Dump Bachmann, etc. And that's their right. It's just one of the ways that the blogosphere is changing -- for better or for worse -- the political landscape. And while some of these sites are interesting and worth a bookmark, remember their purpose as you read their posts.
It's too bad. Blogs should strive to be something more. The mainstream media get rapped on the knuckles a lot, and rightly so. This new forum for investigative journalism and political discourse should be utilized for those purposes, rather than partisan hatchet jobs. Source for complete article: Star Tribune, January 7, 2006
3 Comments:
After the last week that the Strib (and other media outlets to be fair) had reporting the "truth" I find it comical that the Strib would print this. I mean they have engaged in political "hatchet pieces" for as long as I have lived here and when I first moved here (12 years ago) I was warned about the Strib's particular bias by all of my neighbors and the real estate agent!
I missed the Star Tribune's articles about the Democrat's blogs, Moveon.org's blog, Dean's blog, and oh yeah, the Daily Kos. We know that they wouldn't approve of partisan blogs like that. But I'm sure those articles are there somewhere in the Star Tribune archives somewhere.
This new forum for investigative journalism and political discourse should be utilized for those purposes, rather than partisan hatchet jobs.
Maybe, before that, the old forum for investigative journalism and political discourse could be utilized for those purposes, rather than partisan hatchet jobs. You know - crawl-walk-run, the plank in your eye and all that.
Post a Comment
<< Home