tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27917791.post2419650797508291721..comments2023-07-11T23:29:56.755+08:00Comments on Siber Party of Malaysia (M): The effect of the mainstream media, or the lack thereofDek Mathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10630527545586473765noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27917791.post-64700941886479748372008-03-17T23:19:00.000+08:002008-03-17T23:19:00.000+08:00Absolutely, anonymous of 23:07.Bloggers are fond o...Absolutely, anonymous of 23:07.<BR/><BR/>Bloggers are fond of claiming themselves as new media, yet they dont want to play by the time tested rules of proper journalism and reporting. With this background it then hurts them for they will be dismissed as mere rumour mongerers.<BR/><BR/>Bloggers who employ proper journalistic principles should stand up and be counted. Not those who use their pulpits as vehicles of personal agenda, and then hide behind the cloak of new media.<BR/><BR/>Allegations which take on a life of their own is pure Goebbels. Bloggers, it seems, have learnt that. Which is why some of them go overboard.Mydeen Aboo Backerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05747332144099364677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27917791.post-48342024660300768972008-03-17T23:07:00.000+08:002008-03-17T23:07:00.000+08:00As an avid blog reader, I can't tell you how, coun...As an avid blog reader, I can't tell you how, countless times, I've seen blog postings that are clearly defamatory, and if they are not, the readers' comments certainly are.<BR/>Libel and defamation aside, what amazes is that once posted, the allegation gets repeated and takes on a life of its own. <BR/>The Mukriz Mahathir victory, I think, is a case in point.<BR/>One blog posted: Mukriz Mahathir cheated in elections? Better pay attention to that question mark. Because it was the blogger's escape clause. <BR/>I don't think this blogger would get away with it in print journalism. <BR/>If you have friends in the newspaper trade, they will tell you that on any given day they can receive faxes or email that can be damaging to someone. Of course they don't print it. Because you need to check your facts first.<BR/>Carl Bernstein in "A reporter's assessment" for Woodward's story of Deep Throat makes this point: reporters need editors. "Today's Internet bloggers and television talking heads don't have that.No safety net. No brakes. No one there to question, doubt or inspire. No editor."<BR/>GreymanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com