Accountability

I think all media, independent or conglomerate need be held accountable for their actions.  Be it independent student media, Democracy Now! or the Disney Corp. trying to cover things up.

I only write this because I just fired someone and now because of his actions, he's off all student media in Park.

See, coming into Newswatch and hanging out in my newsroom and doing my show while drinking isn't ok.  I've never been put in this position before.  An assistant producer can't write a show or design graphics under the influence.  So today, I had to fire someone.  I've never been so disappointed and upset in my life. 

I've seen it in another Park media group, who published something under the name of a person who didn't write it.  The person in charge doesn't want to believe it's happening.  It's sad, because good people make bad choices that lessen your outlets' credibility.

I feel that people are quick to jump the gun and attack conglomerate media about covering things up.  Where as Indys like Breitbart are defended for heavy editing by their fellow bloggers and indy outlets.  In fact, in some cases, it isn't until others point out problems that they publish corrections.  Sometimes, I feel that Indy media, like bloggers, sometimes get away with saying certain things because they aren't seen as a "real media source."

I think all media, big or small, indy or conglomerate, professional or amateur needs to be held to the same standards as a way to be held accountable for the things they say and the news they spread.

Andrew Breitbart

This man.

Why did he have to be right about Andrew Weiner? 

Why?

Because if he hadn't been, he'd have his crazy cult following and he'd still be massively twisting the videos of ACORN and re cutting Shirley Sherrod to make her look like a racist. 

And he calls himself a Journalist.  That's just the thing, independent of conglomerate, journalists don't cut up the words of others to make them look like they are saying the complete opposite of what they're saying.

The ONE THING he's ever been right about was Weiner.  And during the Weiner press conference Breitbart took over the microphone and essentially the press conference.  If Breitbart wants to be some kind of conservative journalism hero, more power to him, but let's all stop pretending that BigGovernment.org, BigMedia.org and breitbart.com are suddenly these meccas for good reporting.

Really, they're the same thing this blog is: one person spewing their ideas and using the pieces that fit their argument.  The difference: He's treating his a news, I know mine is an opinion.