Jossi Fresco wrote:
On Sep 5, 2006, at 1:35 PM, Rob wrote:
- A man who posted nude pictures of himself on websites whose domains
he registered advertising himself as a $200-an-hour gay prostitute can not be identified as a prostitute.
Was this reported in a reliable source (this person being called a prostitute?). If not, this is OR.
Based on this description of the situation, he's calling _himself_ a prostitute and we're citing a primary source for that. Doesn't look like OR to me.
- The Columbia Journalism Review is a reliable source. A blog run by
the Columbia Journalism Review on the website of the Columbia Journalism Review is not.
Only if the Columbia Journalism Review has editorial control of the blog. Otherwise, I would agree that it is not a RS.
Depends on what it's being used as a source for. A person's blog can almost always be used as a reliable source for what a person has said on their blog.