Comments on: If you’re scared, say your scared, Suffolk News Journal Blasts Bloggers

By: Dave Mastio

Dave Mastio — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 02:49:25 +0000

I just noted back on my blog that the mature and upstanding journalists at the Suffolk newspaper have removed all the comments from the editorial including mine and Kat’s.

By: Kat

Kat — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 00:33:53 +0000

Ooo! I forgot! I copy/pasted it:

OK, let’s stipulate for the moment that “bloggers aren’t journalists.”

What, then, is your justification for denying access to a press release to a citizen who is interested in the issue?

Either way, the City of Suffolk and the News-Herald look like heavy-handed idiots with something to hide and rather like a cabal trying to suppress the freedom of speech and the freedom of ANY citizen to know what his elected officials are doing.

Frankly, as a blogger myself, I hope the City and this paper get a well-deserved drubbing for this fatuous position.

And BTW, http://www.dictionary.com will be a wonderful help with any of the “big words” you professional “journalists” can’t figure out.

Think that’s acerbic enough?

By: Kat

Kat — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 00:32:03 +0000

Well, Scott, I left a wee comment over at the News-Herald’s OpEd on this…. Of course, I wonder if they’ll let it through, although I refrained from using vulgar language.

Gadzooks, the idiocy of their position boggles the mind!

By: Roger A. Leonard, MPA

Roger A. Leonard, MPA — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 00:13:26 +0000

I posted to the SNH the following comment:

It is interesting to see this type of opinion, opined on this restrictive forum that hangs itself out to be representative of the community. The Suffolk News Herald has sunk to an all time low to say the least and I also would like to know who wrote this article…??? They must live on another planet from the rest of us. The purported purpose of the Press Releases is to disseminate PUBIC information. Why would there be any reluctance to give it to anyone that wanted to spread it wide and far? It seems that the statement that “we don’t want some people to have it” is more than true.

It seems that the SNH has become little more than the mouthpiece for the City Administration. When you purport to be unbiased, it would help to have fact and deportment on your side. It is also interesting to see how the SNH manipulates comments and articles for a certain point of view, so perspective is in the eye of the beholder…

Any comments???

Roger

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By: Alexe

Alexe — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 19:56:45 +0000

I should sue Lennie for thinking that he should sue a school district for not acknowledging him as a journalist. It is ridiculous statements like that which makes people so opposed to bloggers. And as for Michael, just because it’s 2008 doesn’t mean that every fool with a blog has to be acknowledged as a journalist. You have every right to post your blog (as ridiculous and ignorant as it may be) but don’t expect everyone to acknowledge your garbage as legitimate social commentary.

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By: Michael Tefft

Michael Tefft — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 16:12:41 +0000

I hope you mail a copy of your post to the management of the Suffolk News Journal. They are obviously clueless about social media. They need to replace the calendars in their office. It is 2008, not 1945.

By: Lennie

Lennie — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 15:43:31 +0000

Great post. My local school districts say the same thing about my blog and refuse to acknowledge me as a journalist. Guess I should think about suing as well.