As the influence of bloggers on the national psyche continues to grow, what are the politics of this new layer of influence, increasingly farmed with enthusiasm by established journalists? How do journalistic ethics apply?
This is the story of what happened to us when we tried posting relevant and on-topic information on Andy Lewis' blog (aka @lecanardnoir). It most likely had something to do with Steiner "critic" Alicia Hamberg (aka @zzzooey).
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To quote the Simpson’s Helen Lovejoy “think about the children ” joking aside their is no 2 ways that journalism has become both a joke and toxic. Thanks Internet 4 trully sucking;] and ruining ppl’s lives.
And im those metioned aka citizen journalist that Can’t catch a break because of tools like this Andy guy “smh” :[ And it should apply BUT being unethical isn’t against the law. And it’s unfortunate too