Comments on: Want some clips? Feeling scabby?

By: Harry Henderson

Harry Henderson — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 08:24:30 +0000

I am no journalism major, and i dont even pretend to be interested in reporting the news… but i have always thought it odd how reporters traditionally get information from their subjects. The act of observation in an experiment changes the actions of the observed, so why should it be any different for news sources? The action of announcing the intent to report would change the quality of the information being gathered, pushing it from personally honest to shaped for public consumption.

Traditional press styles have shaped the consumer to accept and expect this bland bullshit as a golden standard.

Journalism has always, and always will be about reporting news with a slant– despite what high-minded, expensively taught collegian reporters may say. Reporters might as well embrace this understanding, because lets face it, the average human being doesn’t think for themselves. Reporting straight, unadulterated news would just move people to disinterest and political lethargy anyways.

By: Grace P.

Grace P. — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 22:26:51 +0000

Ethics schmethics. I’d rather have a soul and a sense of humor than your stodgy rules, which have been making journalism boring and ineffective for decades.

If you’d like, I can also recommend some higher education you could pursue– on changing ethical standards in the field of journalism. I know it’s scary, but the days of press passes, daily print newspapers, and subjectivity veiled by iron-clad “objectivity” are over. There is no set format for an arts and entertainment blog and no special card that makes someone a “real journalist” versus another media troll, and that is why this blog is 10x more fun to read than the Daily Emerald.

I’m surprised and flattered that you would refer to our humble institution as a “gossip blog,” though a little put off that you thought I was trying to write real news. I would never stoop to that level.

By: Carolyn

Carolyn — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 02:30:26 +0000

Gossip blogs like this disgust me. You write under the false pretense of “news”, you make sure you include your two sources and then proceed to completely twist what they “quote” to you and have difficulty deciphering what they are saying as honesty or sarcasm. The way the substance for this blog was gathered was completely unethical and you should be ashamed of yourself. Pretending like you know someone is not the way a real journalist gathers sources, and neither is failing to correctly identify yourself and your motives. So if you plan on becoming a real journalist some day, and leaving your very important position as a blogger for the Oregon Voice, you might want to look into taking an ethics class or two before you graduate.

By: Scot

Scot — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 05:37:39 +0000

Complete sarcasm:
Who knew “gotcha” journalism was karmic?

By: katherine

katherine — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 03:57:11 +0000

I understand the Oregon Voice has an anti-authority reputation to uphold, but unethical journalism and false pretenses are no way to go about getting a scoop. When you ask someone for their name, you probably shouldn’t pretend you thought you knew them from somewhere and chat without revealing that you’re planning a backstabbing story that completely lacks the complete sarcasm the remarks were made with. But good job, you should feel proud of your “scoop”.