Ben McConnell knocks the Times for Knocking Citizen Journalists

Under the clever headline of "Chicken Little Pecks Again," Ben McConnell at Church of the Customer takes on the NY Times recent piece about the dangers of citizen journalism, in which the only people quoted are those who like to believe they are in command and control of the message.

I have never been big on the Journalist v. blogger debate. I kind of think their are blogging journalists, and people paid to fill newspaper space who are far from journalistic. But I have noticed an increase in what I consider the sour grapes of some newspaper writers. A couple of weeks ago, a Boston Globe sports writer was up in arms about 38pitches, a blog by Boston Red Sox pitching great Chuck Shilling.  Apparently a professional athlete was unqualified to write about professional athletics. I wondered what that guy would have said about Mark Cuban.

The times are changing even if the Times is not. Their readers and subscribers are beyond there command.


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