By Scott St. Clair | The Save Jersey Blog
Curmudgeonly Paul Mulshine renews his long-standing feud with the blogosphere and those who don’t do journalism his way in his column complaining about beheading jokes.
Of course, mocking the human tragedies of James Foley and Steven Sotloff is the ultimate in bad taste, but Mulshine’s diatribe is more a thinly veiled whack at what he derisively calls “citizen journalists.”
Get over it, Paul – the heyday of your “real newsrooms” has passed. Time and technology moved on leaving you stuck in a scene cut from “Citizen Kane.”
Complaining that a lowly citizen can now be a journalist says much about your low regard for what should be the highest status one can achieve in a democratic republic, that of “citizen.”
As for them saying outrageous things to drive readership, let me draw your attention to the editorial page of The Star-Ledger, which is chock full of crazy stuff on a daily basis, your columns often included.
Amazon.com billionaire Jeff Bezos hired an online journalist and former Reagan administration official to jumpstart the stodgy Washington Post, his most recent acquisition. When, not if, your paper ditches its paper-and-ink format to go exclusively online, maybe your next boss will be a blogger, too.
Mulshinona:
http://www.deciminyan.org/2011/04/mulshinola.html
Mulshine is old school in that he thinks the only authoritative voice in journalism comes from traditional newspaper writers. Yes, even the Star Ledger. That being said, there are a lot of idiotic, mostly left-wing blogs that come up high on internet search lists..
Mulshine is “curmudgeon” personified.
Poor Mulshine thinks Arianna Huffington still owns the Huffington Post.
Mr. Mulshine,
Besides technology, did you ever think you were a victim of yourself and your brethren?
People do not trust the media anymore, especially after hiding the truth on Obama. As they say, :”necessity becomes the mother of invention,” and when faced with lies and deceit from the media; we’ve looked to find honesty in reporting elsewhere.
Your job as a journalist is to REPORT the news, not reinvent history or “change the world.”
“professional journalism” has not existed in 40 years