Recorded at Bulldog Reporter’s Media Relations Summit 2007
Some of Juan’s Vlog Views:
“Reporters are a symbol of national discontent.”
“Young men can’t compete with women.”
“Communicators need to be agents of social change not just managers.”
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Great interview, Doug. I was very impressed with Juan Williams at the conference and I also enjoyed your breakout session as well. Thanks for sending the follow-up with the survey results today, I appreciate it.
I have to disagree on the question of accountability. One of the things that troubles a lot of old-style media people is that they ARE being held accountable – consider the furor raised over the CBS/phony documents flap that drove Dan Rather from the air. And bloggers too are being held accountable – remember how Amanda Marcotte was forced out as a John Edwards blogger after some of her other writings were publicized?
Accountability is – and should be – a two-way street. It does no good for mainstream organizations to sniff about fact-checking and their layers of editors when howlers get through. And bloggers who want to be taken seriously, particularly those who criticize established media, need to be very careful with their own facts. There are a lot of people doing fact-checking now, and the chances of an erroneous or just plain false report standing unchallenged seem to diminish daily.