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- yacks, on 04/02/2008, -2/+18I think people need to realize that bloggers do not equal reporters otherwise they wouldn't be called bloggers but reporters..
- hangingchad, on 04/02/2008, -0/+9"On the net, the most popular sports bloggers do the exact same thing. They troll the net looking for other people's work and then throw out some witty comments or a simple rant to complement a link to that work."
I'm so glad that I'm not the only one who has noticed this. Though I wouldn't just limited it to just sports bloggers. - thebigsix, on 04/02/2008, -2/+9Mark should know, the same thing happened when the NBA let him buy the Mavericks; they let the Joe's in with the Pro's - just because he was a billionaire!
- piratearggghhh, on 04/02/2008, -0/+4Don't forget the hoes too, they've been given locker room access for a long time now.
- dafragsta, on 04/02/2008, -3/+7***** Mark Cuban.
- LordRedSnake, on 04/02/2008, -0/+3Believe it or not, but professional sports teams are businesses. Cuban (rightly or wrongly) believes that allowing non-credentialed individuals into his locker room will not be beneficial to his business. One perspective that makes sense is that he would be afraid of a lack of professionalism from people who, by and large, aren't considered professionals. Bloggers don't lose necessarily their jobs because of inappropriate behavior or lines of questioning whereas a reporter would. These differences in incentives will surely affect how people approach the opportunity to report from the locker room. On the flipside, he can gain exposure in ways that the traditional media cannot provide, but he still should have the right to call the shots at his arena.
- silicongat, on 04/02/2008, -0/+3Mark, please go away.
- dafragsta, on 04/02/2008, -0/+2Just because he has a blog doesn't mean he doesn't hate the internet. I'll let him say it in his own words... on his blog. He's very pro establishment and he has totally forgotten how he made his money.
http://www.blogmaverick.com/2007/08/24/the-interne ... - dafragsta, on 04/02/2008, -2/+4 Outline the difference to me, and don't lean on semantics. As Mr. Myagi said, "Difference only here" while pointing to Daniel-san's head. Separating bloggers from reporters is something frightened reporters do as their producers commission bloggers to write "iReports." Don't defend a stuffy mainstream media for Mark Cuban's sake. He hates the internet.
- kimrules, on 04/02/2008, -0/+2I barely made it past the apostrophes-for-plural in the Digg headline. Couldn't "Bukowsky" even copy the words correctly from the pasted synopsis? Sigh. I weep for our language.
- dreesemonkey, on 04/02/2008, -0/+2Odd that Mark Cuban, a man who made his billions during the internet boom, had banned bloggers from the locker room.
- gunit99, on 04/02/2008, -0/+2Please learn how to use (or not use, in this case) ***** apostrophes in your titles at least, people! I'm sick of this *****. English, *****, do you speak it??
- Meowbiusfox, on 04/03/2008, -0/+1Do I dislike him because his last name is Cuban(And I'm anti communist)? or is it because
he's a douchebag? - klco, on 04/02/2008, -0/+1Buried...
- dafragsta, on 04/02/2008, -0/+1***** Digg...
http://tinyurl.com/2fvu9v - mc4_a, on 04/02/2008, -1/+2For some reason visiting this page results in the RSS feed being added to Google Reader automatically. Buried.
- laserblazer, on 04/02/2008, -5/+5Bloggers? You mean those people that talk bad about George Bush?
- myDiggDog, on 04/02/2008, -3/+3"Those that get paid." Those *who* get paid. I guess money can't buy literacy, either...
- NinjaPig, on 04/02/2008, -1/+1As long as the bloggers from fireavery have access, I'm cool with it.
- tehnico, on 04/02/2008, -1/+1Heh, this has little to do with 'bloggers' and more to do with old media versus new media. There are many sports sites that have full time employed writers and contributors writing columns and articles, not as a blog. Anyone familiar with the coldhardfootballfacts.com knows that they had a story voted as the best game story of the year by the Pro Football Writers of America. It was written without attending the game and without getting any face to face interviews, proving that the progress of sports media has leveled the playing field between enthusiasts and old media. Anyone with a love for the game and a talent for writing should get recognized, and now they can more easily.
- grimward, on 04/02/2008, -1/+1yes, I agree, article buried for just being about Mark Cubans opinions on something. (I didn't even read the article)
- yacks, on 04/03/2008, -1/+1A Blogger is one who writes a blog. A Blog is an online journal or diary or merely an outlet to vent or give observations of things going on around them.
A Reporter is one who reports, investigates and edits news stories, often for hire from news outlets. - shakbhaji, on 04/02/2008, -2/+1Wow a Mavs article on the front page of digg? I'd hoped that the first Mavs article I saw on digg would be when they won a championship, but that doesn't look like it'll be happening soon, especially the way the west is stacked this year.
- mooninite, on 04/02/2008, -2/+1Yes, he "hates" the Internet so much that he has his own blog. Not to mention the fact he earned his billions from broadcast.com. Sure... lots of hating there.
- viet10, on 04/02/2008, -2/+1You gotta start somewhere as an owner. As much as I hate the Mavs, I have to say he really did turn them around.
- sooch, on 04/02/2008, -3/+1what a badass.
- inactive, on 04/02/2008, -10/+2hehehe....I hope I'm a blogger that can go do this....I left the first comment!!!
Digg this story please!!!!!!!!!!!
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