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I read it on 03/29/08 at 05:56 PM
Posted on 03/29/08 at 04:26 PM
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Now that my ban on bloggers in the locker room has been lifted by the NBA , the "Joes" of the blogger world will have the same access as the "Pros". Those that get paid. I can't wait to see the results.
The people who have complained and dismissed the blogger ban the loudest are those that have the most to lose. They are the ones getting paid. If the unwashed blogging masses have some masters among them, who knows what could happen to the balance of power in the sports media world.
Of course, my preference had been to avoid having to make any qualitative decisions about which bloggers should be in or out of the locker room. Since that is no longer possible, I'm happy to share my feelings about the state of the sports blogosphere.
What sports blogging has become, in most cases, is the internet equivalent of Talk Soup or VH1's "Best ..... " series. On Talk Soup a host throws out witty comments about some TV show. On VH1, a series of guests throw out their comments about some video relevant to the show's topic. If it is witty enough, the show draws an audience.
On the net, the most popular sports bloggers do the exact same thing. They troll the net looking for other people's work and then throw out some witty comments or a simple rant to complement a link to that work.. Or they sit in front of the TV and throw out posts/comments about the game.
I'm not saying that there isn't a market for this. There is. Just as there is a market for Talk Soup on E!, and all the Vh1 shows. It even takes talent to be able to be witty and hold an audience, whether its on TV or online. But, the talent and the success from that talent doesn't require access to the locker room.
The people that complained the loudest about the ban, really didn't have a good reason to be in the locker room. And from what I can tell, non of their readers complained that their blogs suffered in any way shape or form when they didnt have access to the locker room.
Rather, they did the smart thing and used the ban to promote themselves. Which is fine by me. I hope it drove them a ton of traffic.
So I invite any blogger to post samples of their work here as a comment. if its good, and I am the only judge, then you will get an email invite to get credentialed to cover a game in Dallas (its up to you to get there). I don't care if you work for a major company, or are in 8th grade. All will be given equal access.
Just as I did with Ben Collns. I think I gave him his first shot to write for the Mavs website when he was 13. If you can write, you deserve the same opportunities to communicate about the Mavs as someone who works for ESPN, a major newspaper or network. In the blogging business, the Joes can be better than the Pros.
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I read it on 01/25/08 at 11:50 AM
Posted on 01/25/08 at 06:00 AM
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The great and the good who gave speeches about the Millennium Development Goals are acutely aware that in some sense they are already a failure. There is zero chance they will be met on time, by 2015, and the amount of progress that the world has made since they were announced, in 2000, is quite pitiful. Read story
Portfolio.com correspondent Felix Salmon reports live from the World Economic Forum's annual meeting. Learn who said what to whom. Read stories
At the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Microsoft founder Bill Gates encourages the use of creative economic solutions to help the world's poor. Watch video
Climate and poverty campaigners Al Gore and Bono appear at Davos to challenge policymakers to fight global emergencies. Watch video
Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan and Pervez Musharraf of Pakistan on stability in south Asia; Bono on poverty in Africa; U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on the looming global water shortage. See photos
PricewaterhouseCoopers chief says his firm's World Economic Forum survey shows the depth of the concern about the world economy. Watch video
Usually a closed-door, invitation only event for the world's power brokers, the World Economic Forum is getting visits from regular folk via YouTube. Watch video
The first day, in photos. Blair and Kissinger share the stage. Security keeps protesters at bay. The problems of climate change and economic recession are discussed. See photos
After years of bright growth, the sharp downturn in global markets has cast a dark shadow over the World Economic Forum in Davos. Watch video
Pepsi C.E.O. Indra Nooyi, speaking in Davos, says her company and products are well placed in economic good times and bad. Watch video
While it has been dismissed as a gabfest or criticized as a self- congratulatory display of excess by the rich and powerful, the World Economic Forum's annual meeting nonetheless represents a unique opportunity for the people who run the world to fix some of its problems. Read story
Despite some questions about his leadership, Klaus Schwab remains the dynamo behind Davos. Read story
The inspiration for Thomas Mann's The Magic Mountain, this Swiss ski town still boasts only one small commercial thoroughfare, which makes the World Economic Forum's annual meeting, held here every January, a very intimate affair. Read story
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I read it on 09/21/07 at 08:14 AM
Posted on 09/21/07 at 11:40 AM
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Dan Rather offered up his best James Frey impression on Larry King Live last night, with King reading the part of Oprah Winfrey.
Over and over again, Rather, on the air to discuss his $70 million lawsuit against CBS, defended his controversial report on George Bush's military service, insisting it was accurate even though the documents it was based on could never be authenticated.
"It wasn't a fraud. The facts of the story were true," he told King. "Nobody to this day has shown the reports were fraudulent. The facts of the story and the truth of the story stands up to this day."
The comparison to Frey -- who continued to tout the "emotional truth" of A Million Little Pieces long after it emerged that the book's anecdotes were made up -- is unavoidable. Frey's defense was weak because his book would have gone unpublished and unread had it not been packaged as non-fiction.
Likewise, there was no serious dispute over Bush's performance in the Texas Air National Guard at the time of Rather's report. Indeed, the outlines of the story were so well known that Bush's own spokesman simply dismissed the documents as old news when asked about them. Rather knows that the real point of his broadcast was the first-hand evidence, not the underlying "facts of the story." And whether or not the documents are genuine, the account of how cursorily they were vetted was hugely damaging to CBS News's credibility.
Rather's presence seemed to arouse the usually-somnolent King, who engaged in some unusually tough questioning. At one point, he aired a clip of an earlier interview with Rather discussing his hasty departure from the anchor chair post-Memogate. "I'm not a victim of anything," 2005 Rather averred.
"You said you weren't anyone's victim," King pointed out.
"But I've learned, since 2005, I've learned a good deal," he claimed, using as a for-example an anecdote about Viacom chairman Sumner Redstone's support of Bush.
He had a harder time explaining away his on-air apology for the National Guard report, which King also replayed. "Does your lawsuit belie that [apology]?" King demanded.
"No, but it puts it in context," Rather said. "First of all, that was about the documents, not about the truth of what was reported....I played team. I'm accountable for that."
But, he added, "I said it. I meant it at the time and I mean it now."
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I read it on 08/14/07 at 01:44 PM
Posted on 08/14/07 at 06:43 PM
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Front Page: DJ in talks to return to radio -- Radio host Don Imus has reached a multi-million dollar settlement with CBS and said he's in talks with WABC-AM to return to radio. Imus was dismissed from CBS in April for calling the Rutgers U. women's basketball team "nappy-headed hos."
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