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Sunday, March 1 20094 Thoughts On Back to BloggingStepping away from work for a week gave me a chance to look at four developments with a fresher perspective. Hat's off to my HonestReporting colleague and friend, Alex Margolin, for keeping Backspin's fires stoked. 1. Bar Rafaeli's Branding Breakdown
Are Mondoweiss and Aluf Benn the only people who share my sentiment, or am I missing something? 2. Following Up On the BMJ I missed out on HonestReporting's shot across the British Medical Journal's bow, but the fallout continues. Melanie Phillips picks up with a question HR didn't ask:
Indeed. When it comes to credibility of medical journals, the BMJ's at the top of the totem pole. All the doctors who jump through the hoops of peer review to get published in periodicals of this caliber should be outraged. Harry's Place also weighs in. 3. The News Blues The NY Times takes its first steps in the world of citizen journalism, Philadelphia newspapers declared bankruptcy, the Rocky Mt. News closed, and Hearst Corp. papers will charge for online content. The tip of the iceberg? The Washington Post rounds up the sad state affairs at other dailies. Will some big cities soon be without newspapers? 4 Mulling Media Restraints During Op Cast Lead, I was ambivalent about Israel's media restrictions. The journalist/blogger part of me isn't comfortable with restraints in general. But after the MSM's debacle during the Lebanon and knowing how Hamas can play the media corps like a fiddle, I didn't lose sleep over the issue. (Neither did many Backspin readers.) Well, the Jerusalem Post did, and I'm second-guessing myself. It's very tough, but I still believe Israel made the right call. What do you think?
TrackBackTrackBack URL for this entry: Listed below are links to weblogs that reference 4 Thoughts On Back to Blogging: CommentsConsidering that Bar Rafaeli had once bashed Israel it's better that she doesn't say anything at all about Israel during these talk show appearances. Standing up for Israel certainly wouldn't put her in favor with the elite fashionista crowds in Paris, London and so forth. She has sold her soul for a short-lived modeling career. If it's better that Rafaeli keeps her mouth shut, what's the value of a swimsuit branding campaign like the consulate organized with Maxim? Since she squirmed out of army service, the least Rafaeli could "give back" to Israel is a simple, apolitical comment on Letterman that Israelis really do want peace. Most Israelis neither look like Bar Rafaeli nor act Bar Rafaeli. |
