Comments on: Some Bloggers Can Be Bought, But Not Me http://www.attentionmax.com/blog/2009/10/some_bloggers_can_be_bought_but_not_me.php Max Kalehoff On Marketing, Media & The Edge...Plus Bonus Insights On Start-Up Culture & Raising Kids. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:57:48 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: maxkalehoff http://www.attentionmax.com/blog/2009/10/some_bloggers_can_be_bought_but_not_me.php#comment-5450 maxkalehoff Tue, 13 Oct 2009 01:32:21 +0000 http://www.attentionmax.com/?p=2576#comment-5450 I think legally, the issue is deception. But personally and practically, the issue is trust. I think citizens will play a greater role in journalism, and journalism as a profession will be redefined. By definition, a profession is comprised of professionals, who uphold a standard that not everyone else can. Citizens are encroaching on traditional standards, so journalism will need to create new standards that others can't so easily achieve -- if it is to remain a profession. I think legally, the issue is deception. But personally and practically, the issue is trust. I think citizens will play a greater role in journalism, and journalism as a profession will be redefined. By definition, a profession is comprised of professionals, who uphold a standard that not everyone else can. Citizens are encroaching on traditional standards, so journalism will need to create new standards that others can't so easily achieve — if it is to remain a profession.

]]> By: Ed Bisquera http://www.attentionmax.com/blog/2009/10/some_bloggers_can_be_bought_but_not_me.php#comment-5445 Ed Bisquera Tue, 13 Oct 2009 01:01:39 +0000 http://www.attentionmax.com/?p=2576#comment-5445 Max, you bring up some great points in the post and one that I've had questions and concerns about.<br><br>Journalists are looking more like bloggers and bloggers more like journalists everyday, IMHO. I think, why do EITHER have to be bothered with all this worry over "selling out" or whether or not the FTC is going to "tax your words?!"<br><br>Max, I need your help in dealing with an opportunity to connect with and speak to the Journalism school and professionals here in my neck of the woods. What is the future of "self-publishing" or "citizen journalism" and does the blogger have a role in influencing the future of journalism? I know you as a blogger have a role to be authentic and transparent. I appreciate that a ton.<br><br>But, in reality, can't we all be "bought" somehow? What constitutes being "bought?!"<br><br>Ed Max, you bring up some great points in the post and one that I've had questions and concerns about.

Journalists are looking more like bloggers and bloggers more like journalists everyday, IMHO. I think, why do EITHER have to be bothered with all this worry over “selling out” or whether or not the FTC is going to “tax your words?!”

Max, I need your help in dealing with an opportunity to connect with and speak to the Journalism school and professionals here in my neck of the woods. What is the future of “self-publishing” or “citizen journalism” and does the blogger have a role in influencing the future of journalism? I know you as a blogger have a role to be authentic and transparent. I appreciate that a ton.

But, in reality, can't we all be “bought” somehow? What constitutes being “bought?!”

Ed

]]> By: maxkalehoff http://www.attentionmax.com/blog/2009/10/some_bloggers_can_be_bought_but_not_me.php#comment-5440 maxkalehoff Sun, 11 Oct 2009 01:49:36 +0000 http://www.attentionmax.com/?p=2576#comment-5440 The principles are good, but the FTC regulations are messy and full of contradictions. Btw, what about email subscribers to my blog? Do they need to be informed as well? The principles are good, but the FTC regulations are messy and full of contradictions. Btw, what about email subscribers to my blog? Do they need to be informed as well?

]]> By: MaryAnnHalford http://www.attentionmax.com/blog/2009/10/some_bloggers_can_be_bought_but_not_me.php#comment-5439 MaryAnnHalford Sun, 11 Oct 2009 01:23:27 +0000 http://www.attentionmax.com/?p=2576#comment-5439 Max, great post and right on . . . you also zero in on the hypocrisy of what goes on in mainstream media versus bloggers. If we require bloggers to disclose all of their affiliations, why shouldn't mainstream journalists be required to do the same? <br><br>Furthermore, bloggers only can build a real following based on authenticity and not the perception of authenticity that mainstream journalists can bathe themselves in. Max, great post and right on . . . you also zero in on the hypocrisy of what goes on in mainstream media versus bloggers. If we require bloggers to disclose all of their affiliations, why shouldn't mainstream journalists be required to do the same?

Furthermore, bloggers only can build a real following based on authenticity and not the perception of authenticity that mainstream journalists can bathe themselves in.

]]> By: maxkalehoff http://www.attentionmax.com/blog/2009/10/some_bloggers_can_be_bought_but_not_me.php#comment-5435 maxkalehoff Fri, 09 Oct 2009 22:55:53 +0000 http://www.attentionmax.com/?p=2576#comment-5435 I agree 100%. Similarly, that's why I always say I will "try" to be transparent and authentic. The fact is that I'm human and therefore imperfect. I sometimes make mistakes and get things wrong, even if my intentions are good. Moreover, disclosure is dependent on materiality, and that's certainly relative and subjective. I agree 100%. Similarly, that's why I always say I will “try” to be transparent and authentic. The fact is that I'm human and therefore imperfect. I sometimes make mistakes and get things wrong, even if my intentions are good. Moreover, disclosure is dependent on materiality, and that's certainly relative and subjective.

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