December 14, 2007
Unfettered Journalism, Homonyms, Print Mixing
Yesterday, David Hazinski attempted to harness the awesome power of the world wide web with this colonel of wisdom about the currant state of journalism. In his op-ed peace for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, he informs us that such journalistic mediums as CNN YouTube debates, political blogs, and cellphone videos are, in a word, crap. At least when it comes to giving and receiving accurate, Pulitzer-worthy information.
Granite, the only time we here at SFist concern ourselves with accuracy is if it involves us getting something for free, butt old man Hazinski has a point: "unfettered citizen journalism" really needs standards. Makes scents, right? Standards that, presumably, can only be created, administered, and understood within the holy temple of j-school. But if he's sew intent on maintaining the time-honored tradition of elbow patch-adorned sports jackets, hiding flask of whiskey in desk drawers, and spewing phrases like "excellence in journalism" or "hot scoop!" then why the does his article mimic any TLDR posting you might find on l'Internet? The exact shit he's freaking out about?
Take, for example, how Hazinski -- the head of broadcast gnus at the University of Georgia -- misspells "principles." Twice.
...Citizen reports can be a valuable addition to news and information flow with some protections. ...There are commonly accepted ethical principals — two source confirmation of controversial information or the balanced reporting of both sides of a story, for example, but adhering to the principals is voluntary...
One, stop copying us. And two, Ramona Quimby, Age 8 taught everyone the difference between the too long ago. See, Ramona could remember how to spell the job of running the school because the man in charge is her "pal." Ta-da.
And then, out of the blew, he plays on all of our fears by saying that if we continue down this rode, "[i]t's just a matter of time before something like a faked Rodney King beating video appears on the air somewhere." Dude, what?
In the end his rant is about two things: attempting to control the flow of information by having everyone speak the same language, so to speak, so that news and entertainment stay separate. Which? Is impossible. Also, it's about getting old: the denial of death.
OK, you're right. It's only about the ladder.
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"Grantite," is that a joke? Do you mean, "Granted,"?
Yes, he's joking, as with the other homonyms, but it is pretty hard to tell given the typically low standards of spelling/proofreading on this blog.
nope. know joke. i think that's watt he meant. write?
this is fun! let's dew this awl the thyme.
Yes, he's joking, as with the other homonyms, but it is pretty hard to tell given the typically low standards of spelling/proofreading on this blog.
Zing!
Snap!
pwned!
Moted!
Facial!
Burned!
Getting past the homonym gaffe, what's the douchebag saying? Most user-generated content sucks? A lot is of questionable quality?
Professor Dave, this just in: The sky is blue.
His point about journalistic standards is well taken. I just hate it when false crap is put on the air. (See Election 2000, Night of).
Does he really think we can't handicap content accordingly? Duh. He's a former network guy who went back to the oh-so-relevant world of academic journalism. It's not really news unless it's notarized by the CNN logo. Because only they have laid down the framework to get the Big Stuff right (See Iraq War, Run up to).
The intertubes, they scare him. And for good reason.
Well yeah.
Facial!
that'd be FACE, friend.
i do like the idea that FACIAL is a 'SNAPZ', though, mostly because I picture the person saying it whipping out their .. and. .. uh..
well, you get the idea.
that'd be FACE, friend.
Not at my wife's elementary school, where apparently you were supposed to also make a football facemask penalty motion with your hand while yelling "facial." I don't think the kids knew exactly all the connotations back then, though.
There's no canon for recess insult exclamations.
I would totally buy that book.
The Complete & Unabridged Canon of Recess Insults = Awesome. I'd imagine there'd be plenty of room for regional/generational variation.
Back in my elementary dayz ('83-'89) you had to arc your arm in a kind of bowling motion, ending with the entire span of your hand covering your face. One was encouraged to get some distance before stopping and striking the pose inches away from the pwned facee.
It was kind of terrifying. Points were awarded based on volume and context.