On Mar 28, 2007, at 2:42 AM, Travis Mason-Bushman wrote:
What we write appears on one of the most popular Internet sites in the world, and there is a moral and ethical imperative for us to be responsible and prudent when talking about real people. Yes, that means accepting only sources which are clearly reliable to support information of a negative nature.
Sure. No problem. So here's my question. Why is Teresa Nielsen Hayden, the former managing editor for the biggest science fiction publishing imprint on the US, ever an unreliable source for a question about publishing? Or, put another way, what is it about Movable Type that somehow corrupts her words when her speaking the exact same text aloud at a transcribed lecture or in an interview would be OK?
This is not a matter of us using a fansite. This is a case of us using a source that should, by any standard whatsoever, be an acceptable source for issues related to publishing, and should in fact be considered a positively excellent source for issues related to publishing science fiction and fantasy. If BLP forbids the use of this source, BLP has moved from useful to paranoia.
-Phil