re: Real reporters.

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re: Real reporters.

TB — 7/27/2009 10:17:24 PM (archived)

Some of the best reporting from war zones in the past few years have come from people like Michael Yon and Michael Totten, who write in blogs, and are supported largely by donations from readers.

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Mainstream media declares war on Internet - TB - 7/25/2009 8:34:18 PM
- No, big business perverts the free market. - ER - 7/26/2009 1:46:06 PM
  - Where the heck did that come from? - TB - 7/26/2009 7:19:15 PM
  - I am not at my best today - FrankC - 7/26/2009 7:09:49 PM
    - "Mainstream media" is a buzzword. - ER - 7/26/2009 8:29:53 PM
      - I assume you sent it via pm from .net - FrankC - 7/26/2009 8:54:55 PM
  - Patents - RobVG - 7/26/2009 6:58:05 PM
- re: Mainstream media declares war on Internet - NetExpert - 7/26/2009 6:38:46 AM
  - Get information regarding what's going on inside the U.S. from China or Russia ? - Eri - 7/26/2009 5:07:00 PM
    - re: Get information regarding what's going on inside the U.S. from China or Russia ? - NetExpert - 7/26/2009 10:38:31 PM
  - The Chinese, the Russians and the Indians are not worried about profit? - Mary Anne - 7/26/2009 1:05:04 PM
    - re: The Chinese, the Russians and the Indians are not worried about profit? - NetExpert - 7/26/2009 10:35:00 PM
      - I agree, to a point. - Mary Anne - 7/27/2009 12:11:26 AM
        
        re: I agree, to a point. - NetExpert - 7/27/2009 5:32:19 AM
        
        When you can get reliable information out of a war zone and an interview with the President of Russia, let me know. - Mary Anne - 7/27/2009 11:08:47 AM
        
        re:Ahhh, the Arrogance of the Talent - NetExpert - 7/27/2009 8:18:30 PM
        
        Not Rush or Rachel. Real reporters. - Mary Anne - 7/27/2009 9:37:48 PM
        
        re: Real reporters. - TB - 7/27/2009 10:17:24 PM
        
        Thank you. Not free. - Mary Anne - 7/28/2009 2:13:17 AM
- Well, that's going to be a mess if they all do that. - Eri - 7/26/2009 1:19:11 AM
  - Probably not so much. - Mary Anne - 7/26/2009 3:34:20 AM
    - They do. As a former journalist, I'm all for paying them for their work. - Eri - 7/26/2009 4:17:08 AM
      - Chaos - Mary Anne - 7/26/2009 4:20:56 AM
- re: Mainstream media decide to test copyright law. - Mary Anne - 7/26/2009 12:49:51 AM
  - re: Mainstream media decide to test copyright law. - NetExpert - 7/26/2009 10:52:36 PM
    - Copyright law makes no distinctions between news production and other creative work. - Mary Anne - 7/27/2009 12:46:46 AM
      - re: Copyright law makes no distinctions between news production and other creative work. - NetExpert - 7/27/2009 5:10:59 AM
        
        The reason newspapers are in the trouble they are today is that people are not paying them for what they supply. - Mary Anne - 7/27/2009 11:22:18 AM
        
        re: Killing an environmental monster - NetExpert - 7/27/2009 8:31:12 PM
        
        Electricity, Electricity - Mary Anne - 7/27/2009 10:02:29 PM
        
        re: Electricity, Electricity - NetExpert - 7/28/2009 2:13:13 AM
        
        They are collecting data. - Mary Anne - 7/28/2009 3:16:54 AM
        
        re: They are collecting data. - NetExpert - 7/28/2009 6:53:20 AM
        
        Oh, for pete's sake. - Mary Anne - 7/28/2009 12:15:14 PM
        
        You don't get it - NetExpert - 7/29/2009 3:03:57 AM
    - Everyone has a monopoly on their own property. - alcaray - 7/27/2009 12:14:58 AM
      - re: Everyone has a monopoly on their own property. - NetExpert - 7/27/2009 7:08:56 AM
        
        What you make with your very own hands is yours. - alcaray - 7/27/2009 11:40:48 PM
        
        Depends what you make - Nick Hoffman - 7/31/2009 6:22:24 AM
        
        If you make news coverage, and you have a whole worldful of competitors, then you can do what you want with your product. - alcaray - 7/31/2009 6:33:50 PM
        
        The actual issue is at the end of the article. - Mary Anne - 7/27/2009 12:08:01 PM
        
        re: The actual issue is at the end of the article. - NetExpert - 7/27/2009 8:33:31 PM
        
        If Google had written all those books, I would support their position. - Mary Anne - 7/28/2009 2:18:33 AM
        
        re:OPEC owns its oil - NetExpert - 7/28/2009 6:44:15 AM
        
        Yes. Yes it does. - Mary Anne - 7/28/2009 11:52:32 AM
        
        re: Yes. Yes it does. - NetExpert - 7/29/2009 3:30:04 AM
        
        They aren't saying people may not link. - Mary Anne - 7/30/2009 1:49:27 PM
        
        No they are trying to chrage them for doing so... - NetExpert - 7/31/2009 1:51:37 AM
        
        We subscribe through EBSCO and ProQuest already. - Mary Anne - 8/11/2009 5:55:28 AM
  - re: Mainstream media - TB - 7/26/2009 3:44:27 AM
    - Hence the tracking programs. - Mary Anne - 7/26/2009 4:15:25 AM
      - re: Hence the tracking programs. - NetExpert - 7/26/2009 10:57:11 PM
        
        Civil law is only a weapon if someone is willing to sue. - Mary Anne - 7/27/2009 12:27:32 AM
        
        re: Civil law is only a weapon if someone is willing to sue. - NetExpert - 7/27/2009 4:49:23 AM
        
        Selling a product is not equivalent to setting up a cartel. - Mary Anne - 7/27/2009 11:26:29 AM
        
        re: Selling a product is not equivalent to setting up a cartel. - NetExpert - 7/27/2009 8:38:07 PM
        
        First of all, I have never been a journalist. I just think they have a right to be paid. - Mary Anne - 7/28/2009 2:34:03 AM
        
        re: First of all, I have never been a journalist. I just think they have a right to be paid. - NetExpert - 7/28/2009 7:07:08 AM
        
        Do you read what other people write, really? - Mary Anne - 7/28/2009 12:36:07 PM
        
        You just don't get it.... - NetExpert - 7/29/2009 3:42:11 AM
  - If we were to declare war on Brazil... - Eri - 7/26/2009 1:18:20 AM

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