Friday, 4 September 2009

Truth in Blog Journalism

Obama getting sneaky now... I've long held and all of my friends will attest to this that one of the things I really push for on Blogacause is that we write the truth. Wither it be a political discourse or a scientific expose or whatever, myself and my friends here at blogacause endeavor to present the truth with good references in fact.

I think its worth mentioning this because there seems to be so much disinformation coming from all sides of late, things like the healthcare debate, vaccinations and the economy. Karthika Muthukumaraswamy wrote an excellent article about accuracy and credibility in online journalism, building on the example of honest reporting in the scientific research community. Having been a scientist and also a manager of scientists, I know the intolerance the scientists have for erroneous data or reports that fluff or alter the data to fit expectations. In one case, $20 million dollars worth, of intolerance for results that were fudged on a shipment of coal that some chemists I know ran tests on.

I can even point to an article I did recently about Eric Wallace where I made statements that later proved to be unfounded. In that instance, I had even listed the original source(s) and seemingly the data that was there and so I though supported my entry was found at a later date to have changed and no longer support my statements. I immediatedly updated that post and apologized to Mr. Wallace.

It's as simple as that folks. If your going to write on blogacause be open to the idea that if you get it wrong you might have to eat a little humble pie and say your sorry.

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Posted by sentiant at 3:15 PM in The Truth the Whole Truth and Nothing but the Truth

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BlogaCause Shutdown: Some Observations

Let the Second Revolution begin... As most of you know, I simulated a forced shutdown of Blogacause by the Obama Administration. It was interesting to note that my over-all traffic to the site did not lessen much, perhaps only 10 percent. What was telling and disappointing is the absolute lack of coverage by other sites.

Some funny things that happened from this shutdown event worth mentioning. Several people recommended I contact Jay Sekulow at the American Center for Law and Justice. Some people who know me personally, called in a panic thinking my site had actually been shut down. But then when I pointed out that little link at the bottom which details the nefarious plans of Obama and Rockefeller to silence dissent on the internet 'in times of emergency' with the introduction of Senate Bill S. 773., they were like oh, it didn't really happen... And you think it won't?

Some folks were sorry it happened but offered nothing beyond condolences. How can we be a force for good if we don't even notice such small matters as one anothers forums shut down arbitrarily? I know for myself and my friends, we would take up our arms and defend other sites right to free speech under any form of national emergency. I'm not questioning other sites patriotism, instead I'm questioning their understanding of what is being proffered in the Senate by the very Un-American John Rockefeller.

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