In this TNR story, The Scoop Factory, The New Republic takes a moment out of their hectic and important schedules to pass judgments on Politico.com's ethics.
TNR poo-poos Politico for being cut-throat muckrakers sensationalizing an account of Mr. Obama "flashing irritation" toward an irreverent Politico reporter.
The story, which made it's debut on Politico went from HuffPo to Drudge to Chris Matthews and even "forced establishment papers like The New York Times to follow with front page stories."
(*sidenote: interesting insight into the power of Internet media right thurrrr... back to the story)
The story, which made it's debut on Politico went from HuffPo to Drudge to Chris Matthews and even "forced establishment papers like The New York Times to follow with front page stories."
(*sidenote: interesting insight into the power of Internet media right thurrrr... back to the story)
TNR's lead story of the day has a disdainful air to it, the tone is that of a bespectacled, cardigan-clad veteran journo lamenting over these young punk hyenas picking clean the bones of what used to be the noble profession of print journalism.
The website practically comes out and says that's the reason the President won't give any good quotes. That newspapers are going under. And investigative reporting is as antiquated as pantaloons and codpieces.
The website practically comes out and says that's the reason the President won't give any good quotes. That newspapers are going under. And investigative reporting is as antiquated as pantaloons and codpieces.
Personally, from the perspective of a journalism student, I see the entire field as being turned upside-down right now with the death of print and advent of ze Internetz – it's every man for himself.
The collective force of citizen journalists, bloggers and aggregate sites seem have as much power as the illustrious Washington Post A-squad and that fact scares the shit out of the guys who have devoted their entire careers to a print.
The collective force of citizen journalists, bloggers and aggregate sites seem have as much power as the illustrious Washington Post A-squad and that fact scares the shit out of the guys who have devoted their entire careers to a print.
It scares out of me too but at least I know how to adapt to the coming sea-change.
May the hungriest man win.
May the hungriest man win.
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