Comments on: On sources and rumours http://www.gavinsblog.com/2005/07/25/on-sources-and-rumours/ Estd. in Ireland, July 2002 Thu, 10 Jan 2013 11:46:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: simon http://www.gavinsblog.com/2005/07/25/on-sources-and-rumours/comment-page-1/#comment-68916 simon Tue, 26 Jul 2005 15:13:49 +0000 http://www.gavinsblog.com/?p=2288#comment-68916 Nice quote :)

]]> By: Kevan Barker http://www.gavinsblog.com/2005/07/25/on-sources-and-rumours/comment-page-1/#comment-68914 Kevan Barker Tue, 26 Jul 2005 10:59:37 +0000 http://www.gavinsblog.com/?p=2288#comment-68914 Long ago the Duke of Edinburgh complained about the Daily Express. He said it was a “bloody awful newspaper”. The following day or week, I can’t remember which, there was a cartoon by Giles in the paper. It showed Lord Beaverbrook, the then owner of the paper being escorted in chains into the Tower of London. He was shown saying “it may be a bloody awful newspaper, but at least he reads it”

]]> By: BernieGoldbach http://www.gavinsblog.com/2005/07/25/on-sources-and-rumours/comment-page-1/#comment-68913 BernieGoldbach Tue, 26 Jul 2005 09:18:58 +0000 http://www.gavinsblog.com/?p=2288#comment-68913 When my aggregator delivers the word “sources” to me I read it as “multiple, fact-checked authoritative observations” because I reserve special standing to the noun “sources” from the days I lived with the son of a Watergate “plumber”. Sigla’s challenge to Gavin’s coverage and Gavin’s subsequent explanation of how he amalgates coverage with the help of anonymous friends puts gives things a different slant in the recent story on the maybeabomber.

Blogs have always been “sources for courses” and the blogosphere’s reaction to the London bombings adds another litmus test for citizen journalism. In my opinion, since I read “News of the World” I know how to read between the lines of fast, two-way reportage. Gavin’s blog fills in a lot of gaps for me, all sources considered.

]]> By: simon http://www.gavinsblog.com/2005/07/25/on-sources-and-rumours/comment-page-1/#comment-68912 simon Tue, 26 Jul 2005 08:46:38 +0000 http://www.gavinsblog.com/?p=2288#comment-68912 Don’t worry about it if people are complaining about you it usually means that you are doing something right.

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