Comments on: Oh, Max… http://peteashton.com/2008/02/oh_max/ June 2000 to June 2010 Wed, 02 Jun 2010 21:48:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: mike http://peteashton.com/2008/02/oh_max/comment-page-1/#comment-39986 mike Tue, 19 Feb 2008 17:03:04 +0000 http://peteashton.com/2008/02/oh_max/#comment-39986 Good post, Pete... Good post, Pete…

]]> By: zenbullets http://peteashton.com/2008/02/oh_max/comment-page-1/#comment-39647 zenbullets Mon, 18 Feb 2008 10:10:00 +0000 http://peteashton.com/2008/02/oh_max/#comment-39647 There's definitely some interesting points to be made by this story in the history of "old media" vs "new media". It is very illuminating when a newspaper like the Guardian makes such a misjudgment Poor Max is the victim in this really, it could have been any idiot kid who got fed to the lions. There’s definitely some interesting points to be made by this story in the history of “old media” vs “new media”. It is very illuminating when a newspaper like the Guardian makes such a misjudgment

Poor Max is the victim in this really, it could have been any idiot kid who got fed to the lions.

]]> By: Trav28 http://peteashton.com/2008/02/oh_max/comment-page-1/#comment-39469 Trav28 Sun, 17 Feb 2008 21:48:02 +0000 http://peteashton.com/2008/02/oh_max/#comment-39469 All very good points that you've made referencing editorial policy but I think the Gruniad have dropped the ball on this, big time. They seem so out of touch with their readership and what constitutes a "travel blog". It stinks of nepotism and cynicism. Personally, I'd let them make their mistakes re: blogging. As noted before by several people, corporate blogs (for the most part) lack honesty and integrity. I've never been convinced of any corporate blogging tactic as I have a streak of cynicism a mile wide. In regards to "teen blogging", I have come across some truly honest (but out of the public domain journals). These are the polar opposite of Max's attempt. I think this whole "blogging for an audience" is a delicate and strange creature. It needs someone with experience and dare I say it, sensitivity to pull it off. All very good points that you’ve made referencing editorial policy but I think the Gruniad have dropped the ball on this, big time. They seem so out of touch with their readership and what constitutes a “travel blog”. It stinks of nepotism and cynicism.

Personally, I’d let them make their mistakes re: blogging. As noted before by several people, corporate blogs (for the most part) lack honesty and integrity. I’ve never been convinced of any corporate blogging tactic as I have a streak of cynicism a mile wide.

In regards to “teen blogging”, I have come across some truly honest (but out of the public domain journals). These are the polar opposite of Max’s attempt. I think this whole “blogging for an audience” is a delicate and strange creature. It needs someone with experience and dare I say it, sensitivity to pull it off.

]]> By: Jez http://peteashton.com/2008/02/oh_max/comment-page-1/#comment-39429 Jez Sun, 17 Feb 2008 18:35:58 +0000 http://peteashton.com/2008/02/oh_max/#comment-39429 "They were setting him up as an authority figure when his authority was seriously lacking." News outlets do this kind of thing all the time. Almost all columnists fall into this category, for instance. They are granted authority because they have a column. They have a column because they have authority. It's not solely confined to columnists, of course. Often, people how have achieved in one area are granted authority to speak in others. We should all believe in homeopathy, for example, because Jeanette Winterson's success as a novelist give her unimpeachable credentials in the field. Carla Lane's many successful TV sitcoms give her the gravitas and wisdom to speak, as she does *so* eloquently on behalf of the entire world population of vegetarians. (Because we all agree with her. I mean The Liver Birds was a classic). Why not grant that same authority to a teenager you've never heard of? Just think, it could have been Zoe Williams :) “They were setting him up as an authority figure when his authority was seriously lacking.”

News outlets do this kind of thing all the time. Almost all columnists fall into this category, for instance. They are granted authority because they have a column. They have a column because they have authority.

It’s not solely confined to columnists, of course. Often, people how have achieved in one area are granted authority to speak in others. We should all believe in homeopathy, for example, because Jeanette Winterson’s success as a novelist give her unimpeachable credentials in the field. Carla Lane’s many successful TV sitcoms give her the gravitas and wisdom to speak, as she does *so* eloquently on behalf of the entire world population of vegetarians. (Because we all agree with her. I mean The Liver Birds was a classic).

Why not grant that same authority to a teenager you’ve never heard of? Just think, it could have been Zoe Williams :)

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