Nobleizer of Clogger is on a one man tirade against the Nokia N90 blogger marketing campaign. He has berated Andy Abramson, Loic Le Meur, and me, among others, for our complicity in a campaign that to him is threatening Western civilization. An ex-journalist who writes in a curmudgeonly fashion about the evils inherent in the anti-journalism that we bloggers practice, Nobleizer recently got in a snit in some comments her at Get Real (see I'm Very Worried, and The Part That YOU Are Missing), where he asserts, among other things, that "no blogger has credibility." He also disapproves of my contention that journalistic impartiality is a myth. Now he is suggesting that I am crazy:
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Take that normally awesome Stowe Boyd at Get Real (it's true - who can wear a beret and still look cool and not be awesome?) - he seems to have lost his mind in the comments to this post. And the folks over at Nokia seem to be continually and blissfully unaware of the mechanism that normally presides over the product review process and protects consumers for willful and unbridled chequebook journalism. And Loic? He doesn't get it at all, but then he's busy filming himself ski down hills on his freebie Nokia phone.
Actually, it is a cap worn backwards, not a beret.
Nobelizer -- who blogs only in this nom-de-blog, so I don't know his actually identity -- is a professed ex-journo whose loathing of the new world order in social media drips from every pore. First of all, of course bloggers have credibility -- that's what comes of solid blogging: people respect your perspective, and are influenced by your writing. I am sure there is a constituency for every point of view on the web, even Nobleizer's... although a Technorati rank of 132 thousand is not the greatest endorsement that it is a large constituency. Second of all, I have consistently and openly professed my belief for years that journalistic impartiality is a myth, and I believe that an increasingly large number of knowledgeable media-savvy adults would agree.
That does not means that all elements of journalism are evil, or unsuitable for the new world. It just means that some of the premises of journalism are based on faith rather than scientific truth. And it also means that some of the conclusions of journalistic reasoning will be incorrect, such as the idea that aspiring to being unbiased leads to better reportage. Baloney. The basis of all knowledge is our beliefs about what is true and what is false, and our connection to the world is formed by our self-identification with such knowledge.
I believe that gonzo is a better way to approach writing because it is authentic, based in self awareness, and is not filtered through the mumbo jumbo of religiousity that underlies old school journalism.
Anyway, we will just have to let the people decide. They have lost faith with the self-annointed priesthood of writers preaching the sanctity of organized journalism. People are opting out of those publications, and finding more meaning in the rantings of wildeyed lunatics from the blogger fringe. So if that is madness, then I am crazy. But don't call it a beret.
1. Cali on January 5, 2006 10:09 AM writes...
I agree that bloggers can certainly create credibility by solid blogging. However, I read tech blogs daily (for work, as well as my own interest), and sometimes things are more than a little skewed. Some of these guys really are downright narcissistic and insane. Andy Abramson, for example, is a complete and utter moron. The guy needs a shrink in the worst way, yet he is actually thought of as an "authority" on VoIP. Jeff Pulver writes about VoIP, Abramson bitches about rumors related to VoIP, PR, his latest hang nail, what other bloggers said and who said it first, etc. It's kind of like a high school rumor mill. So it's difficult sometimes to take these guys seriously, regardless of their "reputations". And by the way, Stowe, it LOOKS like a beret. :)
Permalink to Comment2. The Nobleizer on January 5, 2006 11:44 AM writes...
I was going to agree with you about gonzo journalism being the true way. You look like a Hunter fan, and so am I.
I was going to apologise about the headwear misrepresentation. And anyway, it said it looked awesome.
But then you used my Technorati ranking as a playground-style 'diss'. That, in my mind, is utterly laughable and can only come from someone that is so wrapped up in this blogging/social media hype that you've lost perspective on what really matters. Truth and integrity.
NOTE: TECHNORATI RANK is not equal to INFLUENCE. 99.9% of the global population have NEVER HEARD OF IT.
(Oh, and by the way, I'm currently working on a positive post as others have told me I'm too miserable :-))
Permalink to Comment3. Loic on January 6, 2006 05:38 PM writes...
Hi Stowe & all
Mmmmm. Is all this worth all this noise ? I agree with you Stowe, and if I post about this phone it's not because it's free it's because I like it and I don't mind this stupid criticism. I am not a journalist, I am myself and I say what I want about products, wether somebody or a brand offers them to me or not !
Now of course, if you think going to blog conferences is boring, I think blogging about three years old blogger-journalism conversation is boring too and surprised you do it ;-)
Permalink to Comment4. Stowe Boyd on January 7, 2006 09:41 AM writes...
Loic -
I'm sorry that I get bored easily, but I am ADD!
I had to comment when the guy called me insane, didn't I?
;->
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