One person who commented on his blog said it best.
(taken from the COMMENT list)
*yawn*
Oh god, not the old >"We bloggers are journalists too, so we
can post whatever rumor we hear without fact-checking and are
still protected by the constitution"-tirade again ...
Okay, by the numbers:
1. Apple announces a product. That's news. You publish it.
That's reporting. You review the product, expose its possible
flaws, research how the product came about, who was involved
in its conception, how it might affect the competition or the
marketplace, etc. That's investigative reporting.
2. Apple doesn't announce anything. You post a story about
what Aplle might announce. That's gossip.
3. Apple doesn't announce anything. You get inside information
about a new product that is obviously not for public
consumption (because if it were, Apple would have puiblished
it). You publish it anyway. That's revealing trade secrets. You get
subpoenaed to reveal your "source" and start whining about the
First Amendment. That's lame.
Really, I don't understand how you people can invoke the term
"journalism" and keep a straight face every time when all you do
is chewing the fat.
Posted by: Jens T. Posted on: 04/06/06