{"id":5769,"date":"2011-07-29T09:12:41","date_gmt":"2011-07-29T09:12:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/principles\/2011\/07\/29\/links-for-2011-07-29\/"},"modified":"2011-07-29T09:12:41","modified_gmt":"2011-07-29T09:12:41","slug":"links-for-2011-07-29","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chadorzel.com\/principles\/2011\/07\/29\/links-for-2011-07-29\/","title":{"rendered":"Links for 2011-07-29"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"delicious\">\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/andyrutledge.com\/news-redux.php\">Design View \/ Andy Rutledge &#8211; News Redux<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">&#8220;Digital news is broken. Actually, news itself is broken. Almost all news organizations have abandoned reporting in favor of editorial; have cultivated reader opinion in place of responsibility; and have traded ethical standards for misdirection and whatever consensus defines as forgivable. And this is before you even lay eyes on what passes for news design on a monitor or device screen these days.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.delicious.com\/orzelc\/journalism\">journalism<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.delicious.com\/orzelc\/internet\">internet<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.delicious.com\/orzelc\/technology\">technology<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.delicious.com\/orzelc\/design\">design<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.delicious.com\/orzelc\/blogs\">blogs<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.delicious.com\/orzelc\/culture\">culture<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.delicious.com\/orzelc\/society\">society<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/storytellersunplugged.com\/richarddansky\/2011\/07\/27\/six-things-you-don%E2%80%99t-want-to-do-at-a-genre-writing-convention\/\">Richard Dansky \u00c2\u00bb Six Things You Don&#8217;t Want To Do At A Genre Writing Convention<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">&#8220;3-Loudly Accuse A Famous And Successful Author Who Is No Doubt A Personal Friend Of Any Number Of People At The Conference Of Being A Cheap Hack\/Sellout\/Lousy Writer<\/p>\n<p>Contrary to popular belief, the appropriate response to this one is not &#8220;Who the @#$# are you?&#8221; It is to write you off as a loudmouthed jerkwad. The people who like or respect the author you&#8217;re slagging are going to assume you don&#8217;t know what you&#8217;re talking about, and not like you. The folks who might agree that Successful Author X actually does kind of suck are still going to think your &#8220;Sales = Lame&#8221; rant is jejune. (They&#8217;re also going to be familiar with the proper use of the word &#8220;jejune&#8221;) And fans of the writer in question &#8211; who will no doubt outnumber both your fans and you &#8211; may in fact make their displeasure known.&#8221;<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.delicious.com\/orzelc\/sf\">sf<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.delicious.com\/orzelc\/blogs\">blogs<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.delicious.com\/orzelc\/silly\">silly<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.delicious.com\/orzelc\/conventions\">conventions<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.delicious.com\/orzelc\/books\">books<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.delicious.com\/orzelc\/culture\">culture<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Design View \/ Andy Rutledge &#8211; News Redux &#8220;Digital news is broken. Actually, news itself is broken. Almost all news organizations have abandoned reporting in favor of editorial; have cultivated reader opinion in place of responsibility; and have traded ethical standards for misdirection and whatever consensus defines as forgivable. 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