Via Salon:
Apparently a pro-life blogger was enraged at an article he read. The article, entitled "I'm totally Psyched About This Abortion," raised the ire of our poorly behaving blogger, and under normal circumstances we here at Bloggers Behaving Badly would excuse a rant directed towards an obviously inflammatory article.
However, the article in question appeared in the Onion, the well known satirical website. When the emails came pouring in, mocking our fellow blogger about his mistake, he posted five (count 'em) responses, where he claimed (1) He was only mistaken because the article was realistic, (2) Maybe the article pretended to be humorous but it was really a poorly disguised left-wing propaganda piece, and (3) All his posts were jokes! Get it? He wasn't serious! (The other responses repeated these three basic themes).
Losing your shit over a satirical website and then completely falling apart when your mistake is pointed out to you? That qualifies you as a badly behaving blogger.
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Ed. Note: The original post has been edited heavily since it appeared and will therefore not be linked to, nor will the Blogger's name be posted because of death threats he apparently received.
Sunday, June 24, 2007
Blogger may or may not have exclusive documentation that may or may not have something to do with the Iraq War
Via TinyCatPants (their real name):
Bloggers Behaving Badly missed this back in February, but it's worth repeating:
Blogger Terry Frank announces, via her blog, that she has "EXCLUSIVE" documentation that shows that Saddam Hussein had a million (!) pounds of yellowcake uranium (not to be confused with the scrumptious dessert known as devil's food cake). This was all well and good until fellow "netizens" pointed out a few unfortunate facts:
(1) Ms. Frank refused to supply any documentation.
(2) This seemed to be a story widely reported THREE YEARS prior (perhaps she was embarrassed that her top secret information was an old issue of USA Today she finally got around to reading?).
At this point Ms. Frank had two options:
(1) Release her documents showing exactly what she's talking about.
(2) Lose her mind with the world watching.
Obviously, Ms. Frank chose option 2. We would quote the relevant language, but it's a bit... disjointed. She rants about someone not asking the New York Times for documentation, then says she is going to help save the world, noting "Whether my story is believed, appreciated, or even carried forward is irrelevant to me." Responsible Reporting 101 kids, we here at Bloggers Behaving Badly hope you're taking notes.
Bloggers Behaving Badly missed this back in February, but it's worth repeating:
Blogger Terry Frank announces, via her blog, that she has "EXCLUSIVE" documentation that shows that Saddam Hussein had a million (!) pounds of yellowcake uranium (not to be confused with the scrumptious dessert known as devil's food cake). This was all well and good until fellow "netizens" pointed out a few unfortunate facts:
(1) Ms. Frank refused to supply any documentation.
(2) This seemed to be a story widely reported THREE YEARS prior (perhaps she was embarrassed that her top secret information was an old issue of USA Today she finally got around to reading?).
At this point Ms. Frank had two options:
(1) Release her documents showing exactly what she's talking about.
(2) Lose her mind with the world watching.
Obviously, Ms. Frank chose option 2. We would quote the relevant language, but it's a bit... disjointed. She rants about someone not asking the New York Times for documentation, then says she is going to help save the world, noting "Whether my story is believed, appreciated, or even carried forward is irrelevant to me." Responsible Reporting 101 kids, we here at Bloggers Behaving Badly hope you're taking notes.
A blogger behaving badly in New Hampshire!
Via PoliticalInsider.com:
"Jerid Kurtz of the Buckeye State Blog was not allowed to attend a forum for Sen. Barack Obama in New Hampshire because he has a blog."
So it seems that Mr. Kurtz showed up at an Obama event (that was only for the public, no press allowed) and he was SO proud of himself that he decided to tell everyone that he was a blogger, at which point he decided to throw a fit.
Said Mr. Kurtz: "If things don't change fast - with a drastically different approach to blogs from his campaign - he'll have a rough road ahead of him state to state, event to event, as folks learn not to tell Obama they blog. It's a shame really."
He then broke down and cried like an infant.
Mr. Kurtz, you are our first blogger behaving badly! Please don't be proud of this accomplishment.
"Jerid Kurtz of the Buckeye State Blog was not allowed to attend a forum for Sen. Barack Obama in New Hampshire because he has a blog."
So it seems that Mr. Kurtz showed up at an Obama event (that was only for the public, no press allowed) and he was SO proud of himself that he decided to tell everyone that he was a blogger, at which point he decided to throw a fit.
Said Mr. Kurtz: "If things don't change fast - with a drastically different approach to blogs from his campaign - he'll have a rough road ahead of him state to state, event to event, as folks learn not to tell Obama they blog. It's a shame really."
He then broke down and cried like an infant.
Mr. Kurtz, you are our first blogger behaving badly! Please don't be proud of this accomplishment.
Hello!
Hello everyone! This is a greeting for bloggers behaving badly. Last week I was thinking of how poorly bloggers behave. Honestly, it's the convergence of, "I want to be a respected journalist" with "I don't have to behave like a professional" and "I wish I had a real job." So now I'm calling out to all of you. You have a case of a blogger behaving badly? Send it in to bloggersbehavingbadly@gmail.com, and we'll post it!
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