There has been a lot of talk on “ethical blogging” from here as well as throughout the Virginia blogosphere. It is a thread that returns time and time again and an issue that never seems to find a solution. Many take issue with the concept of “ethical blogging” though whether this is because they have [...]
Entries from June 2007
June 19, 2007
Personal Vendettas In The Virginia Blogosphere
Plubius and Lumen at The Virginia Federalist shared some thoughts on the post-Primary dust-ups in the Virginia Blogosphere.
First from Plubius:
We just witnessed a primary election where the candidate who asked his bloggers to stop blogging for him, Hanger, beat the candidate who let his bloggers run rampant, Sayre. What does this say about the future [...]
June 4, 2007
Blogging Ethics From Left To Right
F.T. Rea of SLANTBlog notices that blogging ethics seems to be this week’s theme, not just against Ben Tribbett but also from Richmond Democrat against the SWAC bloggers, perhaps best known for their battle with Waldo Jaquith and Shaun Kenney last Christmas. The Richmond Democrat has one post about Dr. Kurt Michael, better known to [...]
June 4, 2007
Credibility?
What is credibility and what does it mean to the blogosphere? Via the American Heritage Dictionary and Dictionary.com:
cred·i·bil·i·ty (krěd’ə-bĭl’ĭ-tē) n.
The quality, capability, or power to elicit belief: “America’s credibility must not be squandered, especially by its leaders” (Henry A. Kissinger).
A capacity for belief: a story that strained our credibility.
And let’s not forget ethics:
eth·ic (ěth’ĭk) n.
A set of [...]
