Comments on: Times’s Nocera calls out business blog http://blogs.reuters.com/mediafile/2007/10/24/timess-nocera-calls-out-business-blog/ Where media and technology meet Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:51:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: TK Loilli http://blogs.reuters.com/mediafile/2007/10/24/timess-nocera-calls-out-business-blog/#comment-332456 TK Loilli Thu, 25 Oct 2007 17:39:12 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/mediafile/2007/10/24/timess-nocera-calls-out-business-blog/#comment-332456 When I read Nocera's claims, I totally agreed - it is not acceptable to say blogging doesn't have to adhere to any rules or standards. However, Roush makes a point; blogging is about rumor and buzz and unofficial chatter. Still, being a journalism professor, he of all people should realize that the old line from a source that "he wrote a bad story about us because he's desperate for a job here and was turned down" is the oldest and slimiest trick in the book. He should view those sort of tips very skeptically. When I read Nocera’s claims, I totally agreed - it is not acceptable to say blogging doesn’t have to adhere to any rules or standards. However, Roush makes a point; blogging is about rumor and buzz and unofficial chatter. Still, being a journalism professor, he of all people should realize that the old line from a source that “he wrote a bad story about us because he’s desperate for a job here and was turned down” is the oldest and slimiest trick in the book. He should view those sort of tips very skeptically.

]]> By: Dean Rotbart http://blogs.reuters.com/mediafile/2007/10/24/timess-nocera-calls-out-business-blog/#comment-332454 Dean Rotbart Thu, 25 Oct 2007 16:31:13 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/mediafile/2007/10/24/timess-nocera-calls-out-business-blog/#comment-332454 Chris Roush is a dedicated academic who provides a valuable service to his students and all of us interested in business journalism. He has worked tireless to build the Talking Biz News site into a respected, wonderful resource. In this instance, he made a mistake and has acknowledged it. Who among us hasn't done the first? Who among us has been so quick to do the second. Chris Roush is a dedicated academic who provides a valuable service to his students and all of us interested in business journalism. He has worked tireless to build the Talking Biz News site into a respected, wonderful resource.

In this instance, he made a mistake and has acknowledged it. Who among us hasn’t done the first? Who among us has been so quick to do the second.

]]> By: Jesse Kornbluth http://blogs.reuters.com/mediafile/2007/10/24/timess-nocera-calls-out-business-blog/#comment-332443 Jesse Kornbluth Thu, 25 Oct 2007 11:21:38 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/mediafile/2007/10/24/timess-nocera-calls-out-business-blog/#comment-332443 "someone at News Corp. that in the past has been a reliable source" --- the professor means "who", not "that". But let's pass over his grammar problem to thank him for the first laugh of the day. A "reliable source at Fox" --- maybe someone that cares (oops: who cares) should look at his previous blogs to see how "reliable" they are. “someone at News Corp. that in the past has been a reliable source” — the professor means “who”, not “that”. But let’s pass over his grammar problem to thank him for the first laugh of the day. A “reliable source at Fox” — maybe someone that cares (oops: who cares) should look at his previous blogs to see how “reliable” they are.

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