A few days ago,I noted that the New York Times website had linked to Riding Sun, but that the link came from one of the paper's handful of blogs, not the actual Times itself.
Well, this time it's the real thing:
Rock stars have fans. Athletes have fans. Pundits have people who agree with them. In the context of a serious debate on social issues, branding someone a "fan" of a particular blogger seems rather trivializing.
Still, I do appreciate the link.
Well, this time it's the real thing:
A Slippery Slope of Censorship at YouTubeIt's interesting that Mr. Zeller, who never contacted me, decided to characterize me as a "fan" of Michelle Malkin. I agree with some things she writes, disagree with others, and feel her rhetoric can at times be a bit heavy-handed. "Fan", however, makes it sound like I'm wearing a Michelle Malkin baseball cap and t-shirt while I chant my support during her latest appearance on Fox News.
By TOM ZELLER Jr.
Published: October 9, 2006
...To be fair, YouTube has to retain the right to boot content to maintain legal control of its servers. Otherwise, chaos would reign.
But as GaijinBiker, an American blogger living in Tokyo (ridingsun.com) — and a fan of Ms. Malkin — noted on Thursday, erasing opposing opinions is nothing to celebrate.
"This is not a positive development," he said on the removal of some anti-Israeli videos from YouTube. "I want these videos to be widely available, so people can see just how deranged and hate-filled Israel’s opponents can be. A tit-for-tat censorship battle only leaves all of us less informed."
Rock stars have fans. Athletes have fans. Pundits have people who agree with them. In the context of a serious debate on social issues, branding someone a "fan" of a particular blogger seems rather trivializing.
Still, I do appreciate the link.
I also agree that the NY Times reporter was unforgively sloppy to describe you as a "fan." That's a very stinky adjective in this case, especially because he had so much material from you blog that he could have just quoted directly to give the reader a picture of your views.
And he absolutely should have at least made an attempt to contact you for verification, although perhaps he felt absolved somewhat by the resort to pseudonym.
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