--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "Patrick Cook" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi everyone: > > On 4/4/07, Heath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Interesting article > > > > http://hotzone.yahoo.com/b/hotzone/blogs28294;_ylt=AjL7tlWL.cedgomrWP1 > > qsXOs0NUE > > It is HOWEVER..... (Quotes from the article are below) > > > Wolf, who calls himself and activist and anarchist on another one of > > his sites, "The Revolution Will Be Televised," > > I just LOVE it when the mainstream media and press refer to what we do > as "anarchism" when in fact what we're REALLY doing is simply > excercising our rights to the press and free speech. > > If that's being an anarchist, well then it's NO WONDER why FOX News > loves to crtiticize the rest of the media and press and cry Liberal > bias. Then too, THEY ARE WORSE since they're CONSERVATIVELY biased. > > Besides, I don't think Josh has EVER referred to himself as an > "anarchist". Have you Josh?
http://web.archive.org/web/20051222223539/http://joshwolf.net/ "I live in San Francisco. I'm an artist, an activist, an anarchist and an archivist; this is my videoblog." > > > Debra Saunders, a conservative columnist for the San Francisco > > Chronicle, applauds Wolf's dedication, but doesn't believe he should > > be called a journalist. > > > > "I think that you can be a blogger and be a journalist," Saunders > > tells me from her office at the Chronicle. "There are people who fit > > that [description], but when you're an activist cavorting with the > > people you're chronicling, then you are not a journalist." > > Really? And just what are local TV people when they cover a rally or > protest for the evening news? Chopped liver? > > Talk about a clone of Ann Coulter! > > > Her own newspaper disagrees with that assessment and has supported > > Wolf on the Chronicle's opinion pages. > > As well as it should. > > > "The fact that Josh Wolf has strong political views does not > > disqualify him from being a journalist any more than the fact that I > > am an editorial page editor and have opinions disqualifies me from > > being a journalist," says John Diaz of the Chronicle. "The fact is, > > he was out at that rally, collecting information to disseminate to > > the public. I think that makes him a journalist." > > Exactly. > > > Ultimately, Saunders says, it won't be journalists and bloggers who > > decide the issue, but the government. > > But it will be journalists and us as bloggers who will ask the tough > questions OF the government though. > > > "The courts are going to end up deciding who journalists are, > > because, unfortunately, this administration is really pushing the > > envelope in jailing journalists, and it won't end with the Bush > > administration," Saunders says. "It will get bigger as people point > > fingers in many ways, and that means the courts are going to decide > > who journalists are. You may not like it, but that's the way it is." > > On this point, even I agree with her. > > Just my opinion :D > > Cheers :D > > -- > Pat Cook > Denver, Colorado > WEBSITES - AS MY WACKED OUT WORLD TURNS - http://pchamster.livejournal.com/ > PAT'S REAL DEAL VIDEO BLOG - http://patsrealdeal.livejournal.com/ > Pat's Health & Medical Wonders VideoCast - > http://patshealthmedicalwondersvideocast.blogspot.com/ > MY LIVE CAM - http://patscam.camstreams.com/ > YouTube Channel - http://www.youtube.com/amwowttv/ > THE PAT COOK SHOW - http://www.livevideo.com/thepatcookshow >
