http://www.roryoconnor.org/blog/2009/03/10/brands-cesspools-and-credibility/ Rory O'Connor's blog Sun, 14 Mar 2010 17:53:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 http://www.roryoconnor.org/blog/2009/03/10/brands-cesspools-and-credibility/#comment-71929 Wed, 11 Mar 2009 02:20:11 +0000 http://www.roryoconnor.org/blog/2009/03/10/brands-cesspools-and-credibility/#comment-71929 Sounds like another form or censorship, and another way to limit freedom of speech. Sounds like another form or censorship, and another way to limit freedom of speech.

]]> http://www.roryoconnor.org/blog/2009/03/10/brands-cesspools-and-credibility/#comment-71928 Tue, 10 Mar 2009 22:08:21 +0000 http://www.roryoconnor.org/blog/2009/03/10/brands-cesspools-and-credibility/#comment-71928 Brand may work as a filter for a fair amount of news, but corporate ties to the political and global world often make the average news reader more leery of what truths aren't being told. That's not to suggest there's some kind of global conspiracy, but to point out that news outlets rely too much on access over research, off the record as opposed to on, and unnamed sources who certainly have their own agendas for speaking...anonymously. Brand may work as a filter for a fair amount of news, but corporate ties to the political and global world often make the average news reader more leery of what truths aren’t being told. That’s not to suggest there’s some kind of global conspiracy, but to point out that news outlets rely too much on access over research, off the record as opposed to on, and unnamed sources who certainly have their own agendas for speaking…anonymously.

]]> http://www.roryoconnor.org/blog/2009/03/10/brands-cesspools-and-credibility/#comment-71927 Tue, 10 Mar 2009 17:41:04 +0000 http://www.roryoconnor.org/blog/2009/03/10/brands-cesspools-and-credibility/#comment-71927 Isn't the reason that there is so much "noise" on the internet because the brands have proven to be unreliable in the first place? Isn’t the reason that there is so much “noise” on the internet because the brands have proven to be unreliable in the first place?

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