{"id":292,"date":"2006-03-15T16:05:00","date_gmt":"2006-03-15T21:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/flamingohouse.net\/?p=292"},"modified":"2006-03-15T16:05:00","modified_gmt":"2006-03-15T21:05:00","slug":"daily-dose-of-blogs-or-not-blogs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flamingohouse.net\/?p=292","title":{"rendered":"Daily Dose of Blogs or Not Blogs"},"content":{"rendered":"

So when is a blog not a blog?  Or when is a blog entry not a real blog entry?  <\/p>\n

\nGeorge Clooney blogged for Huffpo yesterday or maybe he didn’t<\/a>.  (the post has since been pulled down from Huffpo, here’s what it said:<\/p>\n

\n

George Clooney: I Am a Liberal. There, I Said It!<\/a><\/h3>\n

By George Clooney on Iraq<\/p>\n

I am a liberal. And I make no apologies for it. Hell, I’m proud of it.<\/p>\n

Too many people run away from the label. They whisper it like you’d
\nwhisper "I’m a Nazi." Like it’s dirty word. But turn away from saying
\n"I’m a liberal" and it’s like you’re turning away from saying that
\nblacks should be allowed to sit in the front of the bus, that women
\nshould be able to vote and get paid the same as a man, that McCarthy
\nwas wrong, that Vietnam was a mistake. And that Saddam Hussein had no
\nties to al-Qaeda and had nothing to do with 9\/11.<\/p>\n

This is an incredibly polarized time (wonder how that happened?).
\nBut I find that, more and more, people are trying to find things we can
\nagree on. And, for me, one of the things we absolutely need to agree on
\nis the idea that we’re all allowed to question authority. We have to
\nagree that it’s not unpatriotic to hold our leaders accountable and to
\nspeak out.<\/p>\n

That’s one of the things that drew me to making a film about Murrow.
\nWhen you hear Murrow say, "We mustn’t confuse dissent with disloyalty"
\nand "We can’t defend freedom at home by deserting it at home," it’s
\nlike he’s commenting on today’s headlines.<\/p>\n

The fear of been criticized can be paralyzing. Just look at the way
\nso many Democrats caved in the run up to the war. In 2003, a lot of us
\nwere saying, where is the link between Saddam and bin Laden? What does
\nIraq have to do with 9\/11? We knew it was bullshit. Which is why it
\ndrives me crazy to hear all these Democrats saying, "We were misled."
\nIt makes me want to shout, "Fuck you, you weren’t misled. You were
\nafraid of being called unpatriotic."<\/p>\n

Bottom line: it’s not merely our right to question our government,
\nit’s our duty. Whatever the consequences. We can’t demand freedom of
\nspeech then turn around and say, But please don’t say bad things about
\nus. You gotta be a grown up and take your hits.<\/p>\n

I am a liberal. Fire away.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\nIs the Clooney "entry" a real blog entry if it was a) created by someone other than George b) comprised of quotes pulled from various interviews George has done?  Does it matter that Clooney did not sit down, like you and I sit down, and write a blog piece?  Does it matter that it was published in the same way the other Huffpo blogs are published without a tag line indicating George did not actually write the piece?<\/p>\n

\nWhat matters here?  The presentation? The content? The lack of transparency and\/or disclosure of Huffpo<\/a>?  What if the majority of the Huffpo blogs are written\/created in this way, (**edited to add that Arianna has provided information regarding how her bloggers blog.  If you click that link it will take you to her post, including that update)  does it matter to you?  Does Huffpo lose crediblity or gain it? <\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

*** Editing to add this great post by Tish<\/a> and another one from Tish<\/a> who links off to Michael Weiss<\/a><\/p>\n

***Adding Arianna’s next step<\/a> – isn’t the blogosphere powerful???<\/p>\n

***Adding a link to Snead<\/a> and one to Drumsnwhistles<\/a>, too. (both were in my comments speaking on the topic)

\n***One last update, Arianna was wrong<\/a> and has learned her lesson

<\/p>\n

\nI’d love to know what you think.<\/p>\n

Technorati Tags: blogs<\/a>, blogging<\/a>, clooney<\/a>, clooneygate<\/a>, huffpo<\/a>, transparency<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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