On 3/2/06, Geoffrey Burling <llywrch(a)agora.rdrop.com> wrote:
The problem I'm facing at the moment with
Ethiopian articles is that last
November Meles Zenawi closed down the media in his country, following riots
over the election results. (There's some disagreement over who started these
riots: whether it the opposition parties who called for demonstrations
or the police who were told to "keep order".) As a result, I'm finding
that
if I want to write adequately detailed articles, I'm faced with using
unacceptible sources -- namely Weblogs & web forums. For every event that
a reputable source like the BBC publishes, there are about 5 more that
I end up learning about in other ways.
Just so you know, I'm an editor that thinks taht weblogs and web
forums are acceptable sources.
I think providing a source is a lot more important than trying to
ensure its reliability--let the reader provide their own determination
of the weight to give to the source.
I trust readers more than I trust journalists, frankly.