Originally Posted by phoenix80

all of them are ex-military.

All of them?

Why should any sane individual believe stories made-up by unnamed sources out of Washington Post or NYTimes?

NYTimes is the same paper that revealed the tactics used by the government to track terrorists.

The whole thing is bogus!

Why should anyone believe your half arsed blogs?
Made up by someone tapping away at a keyboard in their parents basement.

Originally Posted by MontyB

Why should anyone believe your half arsed blogs?
Made up by someone tapping away at a keyboard in their parents basement.

True... No body should. I never forced any body to. You read, You decide. And we have blogs that can be trusted 100%. And remember some of those blogs are beating mainstream media in a grand scale. Shows how unpopular & distrusted MSM have become.

Blogs like LGF, Michael Yon, Michael Totten........... are way more credible than many many newspapers.

Originally Posted by phoenix80

True... No body should. I never forced any body to. You read, You decide. And we have blogs that can be trusted 100%. And remember some of those blogs are beating mainstream media in a grand scale. Shows how unpopular & distrusted MSM have become.

Blogs like LGF, Michael Yon, Michael Totten........... are way more credible than many many newspapers.

Only in your mind most normal people regard political blogs as a lunatic fringe who cant make it in the mainstream world because they are so wrapped up in conspiracies.

Originally Posted by MontyB

Only in your mind most normal people regard political blogs as a lunatic fringe who cant make it in the mainstream world because they are so wrapped up in conspiracies.

HuH?

If mainstream world is consisted of people who buy almost everything Reuters and Washington Post write, then so be it. I am proud not to be part of it. Indeed, many people are fed up with mainstream media and thats why they resort to weblogs now. Welcome to the 21st century.

Remember CBS controversy over President Bush's military service record?

Originally Posted by phoenix80

HuH?
Welcome to the 21st century.

That would be the century where any crackpot with an internet connection can call themselves a journalist?

Originally Posted by phoenix80

HuH?

If mainstream world is consisted of people who buy almost everything Reuters and Washington Post write, then so be it. I am proud not to be part of it. Indeed, many people are fed up with mainstream media and thats why they resort to weblogs now. Welcome to the 21st century.

Remember CBS controversy over President Bush's military service record?

Last I heard there is a Lawsuit in the works over that, and hopefully the Lawsuit will get to the bottom of the Military Service Record of the sitting President.
I've also been told that President Bush cannot find the records needed to prove he pulled all his time in the Air National Guard.

Tell me do you link back to Posts you make on this Board as an Official Source of Fact on Blogs or other Sites?

I've been told that is the MO of the Blogger..... link to other likeminded Websites for a Source.

Originally Posted by MontyB

That would be the century where any crackpot with an internet connection can call themselves a journalist?

Yes and No! You seem to believe in old school type of journalism. I don't trust NYTimes to bring me news. Just like I dont trust the eatery in my neighborhood and therefore I'd rather go to another one. Same thing.

prime examples:

Canadian columnist, Mark Steyn, never attended a college or university but his recent book is a best seller and he appears as a commentator on tv.

i.e I am not a professional journalist, but my reporting from Iran on my blog is used extensively by credible people.

LGF blog is written from California, yet its works on Islamic world and Islamic Terrorism are being used by Fox News every night. Michael Totten is a simple liberal blogger, yet his works from Iraq are being used every day through out the country. Robert Spencer is a blogger. google his name to find out more for yourself...... go figure!

Originally Posted by phoenix80

Yes and No! You seem to believe in old school type of journalism. I don't trust NYTimes to bring me news. Just like I dont trust the eatery in my neighborhood and therefore I'd rather go to another one. Same thing.

prime examples:

Canadian columnist, Mark Steyn, never attended a college or university but his recent book is a best seller and he appears as a commentator on tv.

i.e I am not a professional journalist, but my reporting from Iran on my blog is used extensively by credible people.

LGF blog is written from California, yet its works on Islamic world and Islamic Terrorism are being used by Fox News every night. Michael Totten is a simple liberal blogger, yet his works from Iraq are being used every day through out the country. Robert Spencer is a blogger. google his name to find out more for yourself...... go figure!

Would Jeff Gannon fall in the "New School" 21th Century Category of "Reporter"?
Are Blogs covered Constitutionally by Freedom of the Press or Freedom of Speech?

So, anyone with a Website can get a Press Pass and claim to be a Journalist in the 21st Century?