tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13073631.post115074499739143609..comments2024-01-04T07:21:18.243-05:00Comments on John In Carolina: Duke lacrosse: Seeking to avoid responsibilityUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13073631.post-1168801715713419662007-01-14T14:08:00.000-05:002007-01-14T14:08:00.000-05:00Anonymous wrote... "Doesn't the reader have some ...<B>Anonymous wrote...</B><BR/><BR/> <I>"Doesn't the reader have some responsibility?"</I><BR/><BR/> -- Nope. The reader cannot dictate editorial policy. At least in theory, only an Editor can do that. The only vote a reader gets is the big one: hands pick another publication.<BR/><BR/> <I>"They paid and willingly read..."</I><BR/><BR/> -- The idea that the reading audience of a newpaper pays for the content is a strong misconception. The fact is that the average payment for a copy of the newspaper is used chiefly to pay for the expense of delivering it to subscribers. Advertising pays for the content (ask any syndicated columnist).<BR/><BR/> <I>... isn't the gospel truth</I><BR/><BR/> -- Nailed that one down. In case you had not noticed, people are so <B>SO</B> apt to believe anything in printed form, <B>we wrote laws that make it a separately prosecuted offense to send any kind of fraudulent material through the MAIL. Remember: local authority comes for you when sign with the wrong identity. US Postal Inspectors come for you when you put that identity into a stamped envelope.</B> Or, to put it gently: yes indeed, people do believe practically everything they read, especially if they happen to agree with it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13073631.post-1151442458297634822006-06-27T17:07:00.000-04:002006-06-27T17:07:00.000-04:00Doesn't the reader have some responsibility? They ...Doesn't the reader have some responsibility? They paid for the information and willingly read it. <BR/><BR/>Presumably the reader understands that everything that appears in a newspaper -- including dozens of advertisements -- isn't the gospel truth.<BR/><BR/>If no charges have been filed and no guilty verdict reached, a reasonable person can assume anyone called a "victim" in a newspaper is technically an alleged victim.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13073631.post-1150776060773991632006-06-20T00:01:00.000-04:002006-06-20T00:01:00.000-04:00Joan,Re: The cranky Editor Sill.That was my read w...Joan,<BR/><BR/>Re: The cranky Editor Sill.<BR/><BR/>That was my read when I dropped by this afternoon.<BR/><BR/>I was planning to leave it at that.<BR/><BR/>But then you comment arrived and I couldn't resist.<BR/><BR/>See the post "The editor, the principal and "a pretty fine place."<BR/><BR/>And thanks.<BR/><BR/>Re: "rules" at the Editor Blog.<BR/><BR/>Think of the Mad Hatter's tea party.<BR/><BR/>To JRW,<BR/><BR/>You say: "Ruth Sheehan's cheekiness is enough to peel the chrome off a trailer hitch."<BR/><BR/>I agree. It's like she wakes up in the morning and her first words are "Hey, whatever!"<BR/><BR/>Thank you both for commenting.<BR/><BR/>JohnJWMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08275423713054782480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13073631.post-1150767464529865932006-06-19T21:37:00.000-04:002006-06-19T21:37:00.000-04:00Ruth Sheehan's cheekiness is enough to peel the ch...Ruth Sheehan's cheekiness is enough to peel the chrome off a trailer hitch. She wants to have it both ways, thinking no doubt that most readers won't remember her fiery denunciations of the three Duke lax players and the team itself. <BR/><BR/>The N&O's performance in this wretched affair is revolting to anyone with enough neurons left to recall the Claude Sitton years at the paper. How the mighty are fallen.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13073631.post-1150762823029207812006-06-19T20:20:00.000-04:002006-06-19T20:20:00.000-04:00Does anyone understand what the "rules" are at the...Does anyone understand what the "rules" are at the Editor's Blog? <BR/><BR/>She huffed today that her blog was not a Duke lacrosse case blog, but the stated topic is just that. I re-read all posts and it seemed every one was "on topic" ...the N&O coverage of that case. Yet, she complains AGAIN of off-topic posts.<BR/><BR/> Ms. Sill is having a dialoque with her readers, and while it is critical, it is also civil. Last week, she stated all story ideas were welcome: today she seemed offended to be offered some.<BR/><BR/> John, your words were the ones that inspired many of us to post there. I wish she could see thst for the contribution it is.There's a another world outside that MSM fortress. And we, the natives, are restless.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13073631.post-1150757889862618692006-06-19T18:58:00.000-04:002006-06-19T18:58:00.000-04:00Editor Sill seemed rather cranky today , didn't sh...Editor Sill seemed rather cranky today , didn't she?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com