Comments on: Another Example of the Democratization of News http://goelastic.com/theblog/index.php/2009/10/another-example-of-the-democratization-of-news/ Stretching Boundaries Mon, 09 Jan 2012 19:02:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 By: Jesus Melendez http://goelastic.com/theblog/index.php/2009/10/another-example-of-the-democratization-of-news/comment-page-1/#comment-3216 Jesus Melendez Mon, 26 Oct 2009 21:05:18 +0000 http://www.goelastic.com/theblog/?p=378#comment-3216 "By cutting out the middle-man, we’re not getting reporter bias or interpretation. Instead, we get authentic news from the players perspective." Except one thing...with Chad Johnson, er, Ochocinco, you can't trust that it is authentic and/or unbiased. I love what eight-five is doing, don't get me wrong, but I don't know that it will eliminate what sportswriters are doing...but it will cut down on the press conferences we'll have to endure with "The Ochinator" as we'll have already seen his thoughts on whatever subject. “By cutting out the middle-man, we’re not getting reporter bias or interpretation. Instead, we get authentic news from the players perspective.”

Except one thing…with Chad Johnson, er, Ochocinco, you can’t trust that it is authentic and/or unbiased.

I love what eight-five is doing, don’t get me wrong, but I don’t know that it will eliminate what sportswriters are doing…but it will cut down on the press conferences we’ll have to endure with “The Ochinator” as we’ll have already seen his thoughts on whatever subject.

]]> By: Scott Gulbransen http://goelastic.com/theblog/index.php/2009/10/another-example-of-the-democratization-of-news/comment-page-1/#comment-3215 Scott Gulbransen Sun, 25 Oct 2009 16:19:23 +0000 http://www.goelastic.com/theblog/?p=378#comment-3215 Good post Aaron. The only point I'd add to your list is transparency and authenticity. By cutting out the middle-man, we're not getting reporter bias or interpretation. Instead, we get authentic news from the players perspective. It is brilliant and yet another nail in the coffin for the old paradigm. Expect traditional media to mock and attempt to destroy anything like this. But we all know how that will end up. Good post Aaron. The only point I’d add to your list is transparency and authenticity. By cutting out the middle-man, we’re not getting reporter bias or interpretation. Instead, we get authentic news from the players perspective. It is brilliant and yet another nail in the coffin for the old paradigm. Expect traditional media to mock and attempt to destroy anything like this.

But we all know how that will end up.

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