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Comment on YouTube, Michael De Kort, and the new whistleblower phenomenon by taxemlab

taxemlab — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:00:31 +0000

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Comment on New York Times doesn’t like Fox News–duh by Jon Soroko

Jon Soroko — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 23:30:47 +0000

Very interesting conversation. I think there’s sometimes objective truth - whether or not Saddam had X, Y or Z weapon system - harder to know if people were reasonably misled, believed it or not - but we rarely know in life what others are thinking. Even in the criminal system - intent is always inferred from conduct and circumstances.

Great blog - something about disaster issues - seems to attract intellectually fearless polyglots (myself excepted).

Jon Soroko

Comment on New York Times doesn’t like Fox News–duh by gbaron

gbaron — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 23:42:23 +0000

Jonathan, you’ve hit on something that I think is often missed in the dissing of bloggers–the concept of collective truth. It is true that any particular blogger may be off–way off in fact. But I have the feeling that there is more truth in the cumulative effect of a great many bloggers coming from many different perspectives than there ever has been in a so-called objective media with only a few dominant voices.

Someone should explore this concept in more depth. Thanks for commenting.

Comment on New York Times doesn’t like Fox News–duh by Jonathan Bernstein

Jonathan Bernstein — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 00:03:34 +0000

Good piece, Gerald.

“Unbiased media” is an oxymoron, but what I’ve seen happen in the last 30 years is something I call “The National Enquirization of America.” Articles that would have only been fodder for tabloids now make it into mainstream media. I knew we headed for the end of even REMOTELY unbiased media when a Wall Street Journal real estate reporter called me, probably 15 years ago, and said that her editor now required her to have a celebrity angle to almost all her stories.

We bloggers don’t pretend to objectivity — we’re all, de facto, columnists; but, collectively we can compile truth, often at a depth that traditional media no longer has the time or budget to pursue.

Jonathan Bernstein
President
Bernstein Crisis Management, Inc.
http://www.bernsteincrisismanagement.com

Comment on Approval process hangups by Dejan Stamenkovic

Dejan Stamenkovic — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 17:37:47 +0000

Real problem is communication between users at all.

Comment on Approval process hangups by patrice cloutier

patrice cloutier — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 15:07:31 +0000

I believe that part of the solution is for better “education” of elected officials (and their staff) on the “non-normal” state of affairs during an emergency.

Normal approval processes can’t be followed … there’s got to be some delegation of authority to the JIC/PIO … and a limited number (ideally just one) “political” approval steps …

In my experience in Ontario (canada), political staffers and elected officials will “get” the need to keep things operational and have political approvals/involvement happened at the top level only …

the other side of the coin though, is that all those staffers and elected officials have to be kept in the loop regularly …

Comment on OJ proves rule about winning in the court of law by Stacey

Stacey — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 22:51:35 +0000

I’m sorry, but you think that OJ was ripped off? I believe that guy obtained OJ’s junk by legal means. I believe he bought them and legally had the right to own them. Just because the stuff used to belong to OJ, does not mean that he eternally has the right to them. That’s as absurd as claiming that you still have the right to a car you sold to someone else.

Comment on Approval process hangups by kellimatthews

kellimatthews — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:28:24 +0000

In the case of situations like emergency response and wildland firefighting, the system is dense. The policy has been to cut and cut and cut the PIO jobs in the Forest Service for so many years that it’s clear communication is not the priority anymore (if it ever was, I’m not sure). I do work on the private contactor side of wildland firefighting and can see the sheer density of the Forest Service system in particular and how that carries into the contractor’s ability to make decisions about communication.

Gerald, the Pierpoint system for the California fires looks great. Nice work.

Comment on Approval process hangups by Kami Huyse

Kami Huyse — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:27:21 +0000

I think the real problem is that we try to issue fully formed communication rather than understanding the art of incremental release, much like the way the AP writes its stories and updates them with new info.

Comment on Why KING5 News is forcing me to switch to an alternative by Heidi

Heidi — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 19:23:18 +0000

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