The vision in that piece of citizen journalism as something that replaces traditional journalism is a straw man at best — easy to demolish
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@emptywheel: My point was that he seems upset that "citizen journalism" never managed to replace real journalism, which is a straw man -
@mathewi Right: I'm saying it's only a straw man if you take a very limited def of citizen journalism. -
@emptywheel: I think we are in violent agreement! -
@mathewi OK then!
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@emptywheel@mathewi Citizen J lacks structure, discipline, and persistence, but it is needed and possible in this democratized enviroment. -
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@emptywheel@mathewi but you can say the same in traditional J, there are those who excel, and those who average. -
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@emptywheel@mathewi i see Citizen J as "once in a while citizen reporting something", while Traditional J as "follow up and story building"Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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