Why I’m No Longer A Journalist, But Just A Blogger

August 12, 2012 By
Unlike Rory Gilmore, I know it's not my destiny to be like Christane Amanpour.

People keep calling me a journalist, but that's not quite true. I have attempted to act in that capacity in the past with varying levels of success, but no longer. I never made an announcement. I just quietly walked away from that vocation. I suppose I could be considered a pundit of sorts, but that sounds a bit pretentious for what I do. Jason Pitzl-Waters is a journalist, and a damn fine one. He talks about that in a post about his view of journalistic ethics: While The Wild Hunt is today … [Read more...]

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Guest Post: Steve Provost asks Whose god is it anyway?

August 4, 2011 By

Need more proof that the traditional media's claims of "objectivity" are bogus? You need look no further than a single three-letter word: god. Current style in journalism goes something like this: Capitalize God or words that mean God in reference to the divine being of all monotheistic religions. Lowercase god, goddess and their plural forms when referring to the deities of polytheistic religions and cultural mythologies; but capitalize their proper names. See any bias there? I sure … [Read more...]

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Tilting At Wikimills

May 23, 2011 By

Originally appeared at PNC-Minnesota. I’ve been engaging in something that may be an exercise in futility, working to improve (read: keep from being deleted) an article on Paganistan on Wikipedia. The article has been tagged for deletion for not being note worthy enough.  Not enough sources they consider ‘reliable’ have written about Paganistan, which is short hand for saying the mainstream press hasn’t written much about us and the other sources listed aren’t reliable for one … [Read more...]

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