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Joshua Nightshade · 07-23-2008, 04:38 PM

I thought this deserved its own thread instead of a footnote in the other one, but this is a response by the person mentioned in this piece by Eric Reuters basically attacking his journalistic integrity-- something I've complained about previously.

I think really this guy needs his job handed to him by now.

Is This Thing On? : "Not Rooting for Reuters" or "How I Learned About Journalistic Integrity the Hard Way"

"So, I finally had my first bad experience with journalism in my efforts as the guy who does Virtual World Evangelism and I wanted to share it with you. Not only because it is a great example of what journalism should NOT be but also because I wanted to set the record straight. To that end, here is where you can find the original "article" written by Eric Reuters (his avatar name):

Reuters/Second Life » Microsoft eyes integration between OpenSim and Windows Live ID

And now to my reaction to it. First, let me begin by saying that LiveID was NOT the topic of discussion at all we were talking about Virtual World Evangelism and how I was helping the community. Eric took it upon himself to latch on to the LiveID topic without even digging into the details. In the hour-long conversation we had probably only 5-10 minutes of the conversation about integration this. So, without further ado, here are my comments on the Reuters article (NOTE my comments are preceded by //):"

Fascinating read.

07-23-2008, 04:38 PM	#1 (permalink)
Joshua Nightshade Account Closed Unedited Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 33,567 My Mood:	"Not Rooting for Reuters" or "How I Learned About Journalistic Integrity the Hard Way I thought this deserved its own thread instead of a footnote in the other one, but this is a response by the person mentioned in this piece by Eric Reuters basically attacking his journalistic integrity-- something I've complained about previously. I think really this guy needs his job handed to him by now. Is This Thing On? : "Not Rooting for Reuters" or "How I Learned About Journalistic Integrity the Hard Way" "So, I finally had my first bad experience with journalism in my efforts as the guy who does Virtual World Evangelism and I wanted to share it with you. Not only because it is a great example of what journalism should NOT be but also because I wanted to set the record straight. To that end, here is where you can find the original "article" written by Eric Reuters (his avatar name): Reuters/Second Life » Microsoft eyes integration between OpenSim and Windows Live ID And now to my reaction to it. First, let me begin by saying that LiveID was NOT the topic of discussion at all we were talking about Virtual World Evangelism and how I was helping the community. Eric took it upon himself to latch on to the LiveID topic without even digging into the details. In the hour-long conversation we had probably only 5-10 minutes of the conversation about integration this. So, without further ado, here are my comments on the Reuters article (NOTE my comments are preceded by //):" Fascinating read.