I didn't call. What is your point of view? Blog that and we will link to you. Chris runs the Demo conference. - Robert Scoble

I'm still waiting for someone to ask me what I think of the whole thing. - Daniel J. Pritchett

So, Robert, if not posted in a blog, a point of view doesn't exist/matter? What happened to original reporting or fact checking? - Chris Shipley

What I wrote is mostly my opinion and market feedback I am hearing. I didn't talk with either you or Mike because I don't think it would have added to what I was writing about. But I am interested in what calling you would have added to my article? - Robert Scoble

Robert, Chris might say something that informs your point of view, even slightly. That would make it worth the call, no? - Sam Whitmore

Sam: it probably would but this is a two-way conversation. Why does every blog post need to be a NYT article? Sometimes I just want to tell my readers what I think and I want to start a conversation. Not report on what everyone else's point of view is. - Robert Scoble

I don't think a blog is necessarily the same as a newspaper or magazine. While I think it's important to have a consistent standard of ethics - of fact-checking on stories, etc. - a blog is typically your personal point of view. It's more an op/ed and less a newspaper report. You don't have to proactively go after every possible point of view, or be objective or neutral, so long as people know this.. I think bloggers _are_ trusted more when they are honest, open, check their facts. - Justin Long

I think we have seen that social media, like FF, like Twitter, like Memeorandum and others are spectacular vehicles to create and support echo chamber thinking and echo chamber creation. Many bloggers do good work, but many do shoddy miserable work - and so far I don't see the bad ones punished by the readership. - Soulhuntre from twhirl

Soulhuntre: you are probably right but tonight I waited on the phone an hour to participate in a radio talk show. Here you can correct and be part of the story. - Robert Scoble

Daniel, what did you think of the whole thing? - Todd Hoff

Chris: I just searched Google for your phone number. It can't be found. So, how are we supposed to call you? For the record, my phone number has always been on my blog. You can search Google for it and call me. It's +1-425-205-1921. That's one thing you can do to make it easier for journalists and bloggers to call you and get your point of view. - Robert Scoble

Chris, how many calls did you receive from so-called "true" journalists? When I read newspapers and other work from the "traditional" media, it often seems that the reporter simply regurgitates the press release. - Ontario Emperor from fftogo