01 March 2005
Argus Editor to Clear the Air or "Fort Up"?
A couple of posts at S.D.P. and Sibby commenting on a lot of different things pertaining to the development and growth of the South Dakota Blog Alliance, and how it provided an effective counterpoise to the one-sided, pro-Daschle slant of the news and editorial stance of the Sioux Falls Argus Leader. This all was stimulated by the report that Argus editor Randall Beck was planning a major screed in the weekend paper concerning the state of the blogosphere.
Last fall it looked to me like the blogging was cutting the Argus' meat pretty close to the bone. It did't seem coincidental that during this time Randall Beck bailed out of his weekly stint on the air with Greg Belfrage, no doubt to avoid the flack being stimulated by the blogs, as well as the GOP partisans' reactions to his paper's open advocacy of the unlamented Sen. Tom. Being something of a skeptic myself(understatement alert!) when it came to the Argus' journalistic objectivity, this all made a very interesting pot of stew to watch boil.
Anyway, the above noted posts are in themselves both a good birds' eye commentary, as well as a pretty good recap of how things have moved from the past to the present. Definitely worth a read!
Now, if we can just get an edition of the R.C. Journal going east river, maybe there would be a paper in this corner of the state worth doing something besides wrapping up the walleye guts after a successful fishing day.
(Disclosure Statement: The Chief first started reading the Daschle v. Thune blog, then the S.D.P., Sibby, and others during last year's election, while working to dump Daschle from as a GOP county chair. Eventually, after the election, their example inspired teh start of this modest contribution to the blogosphere.)
Last fall it looked to me like the blogging was cutting the Argus' meat pretty close to the bone. It did't seem coincidental that during this time Randall Beck bailed out of his weekly stint on the air with Greg Belfrage, no doubt to avoid the flack being stimulated by the blogs, as well as the GOP partisans' reactions to his paper's open advocacy of the unlamented Sen. Tom. Being something of a skeptic myself(understatement alert!) when it came to the Argus' journalistic objectivity, this all made a very interesting pot of stew to watch boil.
Anyway, the above noted posts are in themselves both a good birds' eye commentary, as well as a pretty good recap of how things have moved from the past to the present. Definitely worth a read!
Now, if we can just get an edition of the R.C. Journal going east river, maybe there would be a paper in this corner of the state worth doing something besides wrapping up the walleye guts after a successful fishing day.
(Disclosure Statement: The Chief first started reading the Daschle v. Thune blog, then the S.D.P., Sibby, and others during last year's election, while working to dump Daschle from as a GOP county chair. Eventually, after the election, their example inspired teh start of this modest contribution to the blogosphere.)
