Comments on: Decency http://aaronmentele.com/2008/12/01/decency/ personal blog of Aaron Mentele, web developer and partner at Electric Pulp Tue, 22 Dec 2009 01:51:18 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.3 hourly 1 By: On searching for dignity : Black Marks on Wood Pulp / by Corey Vilhauer http://aaronmentele.com/2008/12/01/decency/comment-page-1/#comment-36573 On searching for dignity : Black Marks on Wood Pulp / by Corey Vilhauer Wed, 14 Jan 2009 20:44:10 +0000 http://aaronmentele.com/?p=539#comment-36573 [...] it’s the Wheel of Justice or a habit of trivializing tragedy to point out fault, the heavy handed holier-than-thou approach that local television news programs take when reporting [...] [...] it’s the Wheel of Justice or a habit of trivializing tragedy to point out fault, the heavy handed holier-than-thou approach that local television news programs take when reporting [...]

]]> By: Aaron Mentele http://aaronmentele.com/2008/12/01/decency/comment-page-1/#comment-36104 Aaron Mentele Wed, 03 Dec 2008 02:52:23 +0000 http://aaronmentele.com/?p=539#comment-36104 Terrible story, Tara. Sorry to hear it. My guess is that friends and family will still be searching against their names 10 years from now as well. Simple mistakes and lazy reporting all of a sudden have a much wider impact. Terrible story, Tara. Sorry to hear it. My guess is that friends and family will still be searching against their names 10 years from now as well. Simple mistakes and lazy reporting all of a sudden have a much wider impact.

]]> By: Tara Brown http://aaronmentele.com/2008/12/01/decency/comment-page-1/#comment-36103 Tara Brown Wed, 03 Dec 2008 02:26:14 +0000 http://aaronmentele.com/?p=539#comment-36103 My friend Candice and her boyfriend Owen died two years ago by a drunk driver. I recall being livid when the "journalists" in Hawaii got a bunch of details wrong...and seemed to dismiss their deaths as no big deal in favor of the culprit who was a cousin to the mayor of the island. Two years later, I know that her sister googles Candice's name. I purposefully reposted a blog entry that I wrote in hope that it would rank higher than some of the horrible news stories. My friend Candice and her boyfriend Owen died two years ago by a drunk driver. I recall being livid when the “journalists” in Hawaii got a bunch of details wrong…and seemed to dismiss their deaths as no big deal in favor of the culprit who was a cousin to the mayor of the island. Two years later, I know that her sister googles Candice’s name. I purposefully reposted a blog entry that I wrote in hope that it would rank higher than some of the horrible news stories.

]]> By: Aaron Mentele http://aaronmentele.com/2008/12/01/decency/comment-page-1/#comment-36099 Aaron Mentele Tue, 02 Dec 2008 15:09:53 +0000 http://aaronmentele.com/?p=539#comment-36099 Old media needs a reboot. This idocracy now hangs out and continues to be indexed by search engines. There's a new responsibility that very few journalists seem to be aware of. Old media needs a reboot. This idocracy now hangs out and continues to be indexed by search engines. There’s a new responsibility that very few journalists seem to be aware of.

]]> By: Greg Nelson http://aaronmentele.com/2008/12/01/decency/comment-page-1/#comment-36097 Greg Nelson Tue, 02 Dec 2008 09:02:29 +0000 http://aaronmentele.com/?p=539#comment-36097 Agreed on the "douchebag" editor who released the story. No personalization whatsoever. I found the exact same results as I too searched for quick information. In the end, people will remember the person for how great he was and the idiocracy of the reporting will be erased in the minds of those who care. The reality is that news likes to emphasis the negatives. Alcohol was involved always means "person was wasted" versus, "person was drinking the night before, possible low low levels of alcohol left in system from previous night, fell asleep at the wheel". BTW - not sure that is the story here - do not call me to verify these details. Agreed on the “douchebag” editor who released the story. No personalization whatsoever. I found the exact same results as I too searched for quick information.

In the end, people will remember the person for how great he was and the idiocracy of the reporting will be erased in the minds of those who care.

The reality is that news likes to emphasis the negatives. Alcohol was involved always means “person was wasted” versus, “person was drinking the night before, possible low low levels of alcohol left in system from previous night, fell asleep at the wheel”. BTW – not sure that is the story here – do not call me to verify these details.

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