Comments on: Bloggers As Journalists http://belowthebeltway.com/2007/01/11/bloggers-as-journalists/ I believe in the free speech that liberals used to believe in, the economic freedom that conservatives used to believe in, and the personal freedom that America used to believe in. Sat, 23 Jul 2011 17:00:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Seeking Sanity http://belowthebeltway.com/2007/01/11/bloggers-as-journalists/comment-page-1/#comment-61305 Seeking Sanity Sat, 20 Jan 2007 00:25:40 +0000 http://belowthebeltway.com/2007/01/11/bloggers-as-journalists/#comment-61305 I have been made aware that Robert Cox is planning to arrange a seat at the Libby trial for one of his bloggers - a Lance Dutson of HTTP://mainewebreport.com I have been following Mr Dutson's blog for some time, and have come to find that most of his accusations appear to be brazenly untrue - untruths about which he has repeatedly been made aware. He has even admitted to knowing this a few times, but these admissions eventually disappear... and off he goes again... Robert Cox informs me and others that he has never even read Dutson's blog. I find this, if true, to be an act of extreme negligience. If you do read Dutson's blog, you will see that the headlines are never corroborated by fact, but rather, the links point only to more of his own accusations, or even to documents which actually CONTRADICT his accusations. Apparently, people only read the headlines. And they believe them. He appears to get the most gratification out of making searingly vicious personal attacks on total strangers whom he somehow perceives as being enemies. He behaves like a web troll, and nothing else but. I find it very difficult to believe that anyone would assign a seat at the Libby trial, and its resultant journalistic credibility, to someone without ever having checked his credentials. Web trolls should be eliminated - not elevated. I have been made aware that Robert Cox is planning to arrange a seat at the Libby trial for one of his bloggers – a Lance Dutson of

HTTP://mainewebreport.com

I have been following Mr Dutson’s blog for some time, and have come to find that most of his accusations appear to be brazenly untrue – untruths about which he has repeatedly been made aware. He has even admitted to knowing this a few times, but these admissions eventually disappear… and off he goes again…

Robert Cox informs me and others that he has never even read Dutson’s blog. I find this, if true, to be an act of extreme negligience.

If you do read Dutson’s blog, you will see that the headlines are never corroborated by fact, but rather, the links point only to more of his own accusations, or even to documents which actually CONTRADICT his accusations.

Apparently, people only read the headlines. And they believe them.

He appears to get the most gratification out of making searingly vicious personal attacks on total strangers whom he somehow perceives as being enemies.

He behaves like a web troll, and nothing else but. I find it very difficult to believe that anyone would assign a seat at the Libby trial, and its resultant journalistic credibility, to someone without ever having checked his credentials.

Web trolls should be eliminated – not elevated.

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