Comments on: Obama, Oprah And The Death Of Journalism

By: Rasputin

Rasputin — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 10:43:40 +0000

Wonder if old Mr Anorak has seen this, with its connection to the subject of the year DNA.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2008/nov/09/germany-serial-killer

By: Rasputin

Rasputin — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 10:39:52 +0000

Yes, not the sort no offence meant, one would like to meet on a dark night.
I see now where agw was going with his ” stupid little conspiracies” comment.

By: June

June — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 10:28:59 +0000

magic(k)ed away?

By: Rasputin

Rasputin — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 10:23:48 +0000

Whatever has Gandy been up to, it appears the dark place has disappeared again!

By: Rasputin

Rasputin — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 19:50:05 +0000

Thank you June and agw, I was beginning to wonder if my views were out of kilter with the real world, this place Anorak has always been in my eyes as fair as fair can be, you haven’t let me or anyone else down who holds that view.

By: Rasputin

Rasputin — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 19:17:26 +0000

I did not ask you to comment on the frankly disturbing standards of another site, I made my own comments none of which were libel in any shape or form.
Anyone who thinks for one moment that “Robert” posted on a blog, while counting metaphorically speaking, a nice bunch of readies, is absolutely barking.

-agw It’s released already. With an add on from me …enjoy.

By: Rasputin

Rasputin — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 18:41:58 +0000

It is a true saying that information is power and the control of it is the application of power, something I have noticed more and more of late.
On a more local level that power is exercised ruthlessly on the 3A’s, any poster who does not toe the line of “Brenda” Bren to her friends, is swiftly shown the exit, as the number of “locked” threads is testament to, they also appear to go through moderators at an alarming rate, and scams appear to have no bounds aka “Robert is posting tonight please leave lots of bandwidth nonsense”

The reason that I use that dark place as an example is simply this, blogs boards whatever, are the journalism of the masses for them by them. What is the dark place so frightened of that it has suppressed freedom of speech and replaced it with a slavering one sided agenda, another nail in the coffin of “our” journalism.

Mods and Admin

We cannot possibly comment on the standards of another site, but I fully understand that the owners are not journalists.
-agw On the other hand one or two of us here are what is known in the business as “proper” journalists.
That can upset what were at first glance some rather nice people. Proper journalists have been around a bit and know a thing or two. They also get it wrong and we have not been without angst on this site.
The difference? Amateurs get slipshod, they mess up more and more; they start stupid little conspiracies. Proper journalists learn and never let that particular strand of wool be pulled over their eyes again. They get better.

For example: Anorak was the first media outlet…anywhere in the world… to announce the death of the Bali Bombers. How? Why? What for? Because 202 were murdered and needed to be represented (most were tourists) and because we are ‘proper’ journalists and do not need to have a story bite us in the arse before we recognise it for what it is. We had prepared for it for days.
Enjoy us, we enjoy you all and we are bringing the new-look Anorak to you within a very few days with more features, writers and above all…a proper editor.
- gulp! The same proper editor, I hasten to add.
See how easy it can be to give the wrong impression?