But the standards!
This is rather interesting in light of David Hazinski's second column on bloggers and journalism standards. The Athens Banner-Herald followed up on a story broke by Lee Becker in which a work retreat for the Oconee County Commission didn't go through the proper procedure to make it public notice.
Becker, ironically enough, is a professor at the Grady College of the University of Georgia where Hazinski teaches at.
Anyway, this is interesting for a couple of reasons. On one hand, it means that Jim Thompson's editorial is, well, spot-on. Becker's blog post took research, time and effort on his part, and the result is a newsworthy find.
Second, while arguably newsworthy, I don't think it's some nefarious plot by the Oconee County Commission or Melvin Davis to shirk from public scrutiny, and I think today's editorial is a little too quick to cast judgment. Granted it should have been made public, but I do think an inadvertent mistake on Davis's part, one which is taking responsibility for, is the only thing at work here.
Becker, ironically enough, is a professor at the Grady College of the University of Georgia where Hazinski teaches at.
Anyway, this is interesting for a couple of reasons. On one hand, it means that Jim Thompson's editorial is, well, spot-on. Becker's blog post took research, time and effort on his part, and the result is a newsworthy find.
Second, while arguably newsworthy, I don't think it's some nefarious plot by the Oconee County Commission or Melvin Davis to shirk from public scrutiny, and I think today's editorial is a little too quick to cast judgment. Granted it should have been made public, but I do think an inadvertent mistake on Davis's part, one which is taking responsibility for, is the only thing at work here.
posted by Jmac at 7:47 AM
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