Comments on: But I only linked to it! That doesn’t mean I endorsed it! http://bloggasm.com/but-i-only-linked-to-it-that-doesnt-mean-i-endorsed-it Thu, 29 Jul 2010 05:11:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Bloggasm » Prominent columnist at the Washington Times calls for senators to be hanged http://bloggasm.com/but-i-only-linked-to-it-that-doesnt-mean-i-endorsed-it/comment-page-1#comment-83580 Bloggasm » Prominent columnist at the Washington Times calls for senators to be hanged Mon, 18 May 2009 14:12:05 +0000 http://bloggasm.com/but-i-only-linked-to-it-that-doesnt-mean-i-endorsed-it#comment-83580 [...] Related posts: Interview with Kevin Holtsberry from Collected Miscellany, Interview with Andrew Olmsted, But I only Linked to it [...] [...] Related posts: Interview with Kevin Holtsberry from Collected Miscellany, Interview with Andrew Olmsted, But I only Linked to it [...]

]]> By: Stephen W. http://bloggasm.com/but-i-only-linked-to-it-that-doesnt-mean-i-endorsed-it/comment-page-1#comment-749 Stephen W. Mon, 02 Oct 2006 16:01:06 +0000 http://bloggasm.com/but-i-only-linked-to-it-that-doesnt-mean-i-endorsed-it#comment-749 I agree wholeheartedly. When a blogger links to something, they are pointing it out for their readership's attention. If they do so without context, there is an assumed positivity; the blogger must consider it useful, entertaining, or informative in some way if they're sharing it with their cherished readers. They are ascribing it value by default, an act otherwise known as endorsement. If they wish to deem it negative, they have to clarify that in the post. That is, of course, unless the subject of their blog is, "Links to things I hate," which is not the case here. Instapundit is obviously a seasoned blogger, so these unspoken expectations should be well-known to him by now. He should have known better. I agree wholeheartedly. When a blogger links to something, they are pointing it out for their readership’s attention. If they do so without context, there is an assumed positivity; the blogger must consider it useful, entertaining, or informative in some way if they’re sharing it with their cherished readers. They are ascribing it value by default, an act otherwise known as endorsement. If they wish to deem it negative, they have to clarify that in the post. That is, of course, unless the subject of their blog is, “Links to things I hate,” which is not the case here.

Instapundit is obviously a seasoned blogger, so these unspoken expectations should be well-known to him by now. He should have known better.

]]> By: New Talking Wall http://bloggasm.com/but-i-only-linked-to-it-that-doesnt-mean-i-endorsed-it/comment-page-1#comment-744 New Talking Wall Mon, 02 Oct 2006 03:00:23 +0000 http://bloggasm.com/but-i-only-linked-to-it-that-doesnt-mean-i-endorsed-it#comment-744 I'm in the same boat. I don't read a lot of blogs, but I like to try to read some on both sides of the political spectrum. For awhile, I thought Instapundit was basically the only conservative blog that wasn't an example of calloussness or serious mental illness. However, once I started to notice more and more links to deranged people with reprehensible views, and quickly got tired of his "I never said anywhere I agree with them completely" excuses. I emailed Kevin Drum shortly after this to find out which, if any, conservative political blogs were more than the digital equivalent of a leaflet you might find on the bus, and he basically said "none." I read NRO's blog now. Seriously, it shouldn't be hard to find a conservative blog that is updated often and not insane, but the internet continues to fail me. I’m in the same boat. I don’t read a lot of blogs, but I like to try to read some on both sides of the political spectrum. For awhile, I thought Instapundit was basically the only conservative blog that wasn’t an example of calloussness or serious mental illness. However, once I started to notice more and more links to deranged people with reprehensible views, and quickly got tired of his “I never said anywhere I agree with them completely” excuses. I emailed Kevin Drum shortly after this to find out which, if any, conservative political blogs were more than the digital equivalent of a leaflet you might find on the bus, and he basically said “none.” I read NRO’s blog now. Seriously, it shouldn’t be hard to find a conservative blog that is updated often and not insane, but the internet continues to fail me.

]]> By: Simon http://bloggasm.com/but-i-only-linked-to-it-that-doesnt-mean-i-endorsed-it/comment-page-1#comment-743 Simon Mon, 02 Oct 2006 01:22:58 +0000 http://bloggasm.com/but-i-only-linked-to-it-that-doesnt-mean-i-endorsed-it#comment-743 Yeah, Instapundit has been trying to keep this "Aww, shucks, why is everyone being so mean to me" attitude for a long time. But it doesn't hold much water when he links to super conservative nutballs who are obviously dispensing right-wing propaganda. Early on, when I first learned about him, I remember following one of his links to a blogger who argued that the reason that students in the US had such low math scores was that the teachers were too insistent on teaching diversity. The post was insanely stupid, and the fact that Glenn had linked to it at all took away any credibility he might have had. Yeah, Instapundit has been trying to keep this “Aww, shucks, why is everyone being so mean to me” attitude for a long time. But it doesn’t hold much water when he links to super conservative nutballs who are obviously dispensing right-wing propaganda. Early on, when I first learned about him, I remember following one of his links to a blogger who argued that the reason that students in the US had such low math scores was that the teachers were too insistent on teaching diversity. The post was insanely stupid, and the fact that Glenn had linked to it at all took away any credibility he might have had.

]]> By: Charles Giacometti http://bloggasm.com/but-i-only-linked-to-it-that-doesnt-mean-i-endorsed-it/comment-page-1#comment-742 Charles Giacometti Mon, 02 Oct 2006 00:53:45 +0000 http://bloggasm.com/but-i-only-linked-to-it-that-doesnt-mean-i-endorsed-it#comment-742 Thank you for articulating something I have thought about for years. I remember first learning about Instapundit several years ago, and then how quickly I was first disillusioned and then flabbergasted by the outrageous, completely nutty things he would link to. I even went to the trouble of emailing him a couple of times to call him on this behavious, but only got snide, flippant remarks in reply. He knows very well what he is up to, and he doesn't care. Thank you for articulating something I have thought about for years. I remember first learning about Instapundit several years ago, and then how quickly I was first disillusioned and then flabbergasted by the outrageous, completely nutty things he would link to. I even went to the trouble of emailing him a couple of times to call him on this behavious, but only got snide, flippant remarks in reply. He knows very well what he is up to, and he doesn’t care.

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