Sunday, October 26, 2008

Goldie Speaks: Dear Ms. Jeanne Stewart, Please give bloggers a chance.


Greetings City Council Member Ms. Jeanne Stewart,

This email is in regards to your quote in The newspaper article about bloggers:

This is what I have posted on the right hand side of the Vancouver Washington Corruption Log in regards to ANONYMITY.

  1. It is my sincere hope that there are brave souls out there who will use their real name. Your voice as an agent of change will be documented. Using your real name will establish online credibility when leaving comments on this and other blogs.
  2. If you feel leaving comments anonymously will protect you from retaliation and or harassment then please do so.
  3. I will not delete comments posted as anonymous. An alternative to posting anonymously choose a 'handle' that does not disclose your identity. Readers can go back through the archive and identify what you stand for without knowing who you are. This is an accepted practice among bloggers. Build your online credibility by to sticking to one name.
  4. Please feel strongly encouraged to contact me if you are compelled to start blogging here. If you choose to remain anonymous know you can start a new email account without it making reference to your name.
I don't think most people, including yourself, understand the importance of bloggers. Blogs are a platform for the voice of THE PEOPLE. It is a form of free speech and democracy in action.

In regards to our blog, we strive to post links to verify what we are saying is credible and researched to the best of our ability. There are also posts that say "Rumor Has It". These posts are to document things we believe are going to be made public. When our "rumors" become FACTS this will start building our credibility as a source of people who know what's going on. We have opinion posts. Those posts should be read as such.

Please reconsider your position on blogs, especially the part about anonymity. Our blog is not written by reckless citizens. We are not hate mongers. We do not belong to the MAINSTREAM MEDIA. Clearly Jeff Mize of the Columbian is not a credible reporter in our eyes.

This is the age of our military's use of mainstream media to propgate stories about the Iraq war, the Downing Street Memo's and Presidential Press Secretary Scott McClellan's blatant lies to the citizens of The United States of America. I do not participate in the belief that journalist are part of the truth telling elite. It is also my belief that COMMON People have the right to have a voice even if it is not eloquent or "credible".

If you chose to read blogs that you are in disagreement with or find inaccurate then LEAVE A COMMENT about it. Blogs are discussions. If you chose to not read blogs I would recommend you not speak from a position of authority about blogs.

You have been a champion of citizen concerns in regards to the Navin case. For that I am thankful.

Sincerely,
Goldie Davich
Blogger, Civil Rights Advocate and Net Neutrality Evangelist

Here is a video of Bill Moyers speaking at the National Conference of Media Reform. I find it inspirational. It reinforces my belief that internet is important to democracy and essential:



2 comments:

Samuel Fisher said...

Goldie,

I agree with you in that Ms. Stewart has been very supportive and reasonable in the Sharma vs City of Vancouver case. I applaud her ability to look deep into the concerns and ask all the right questions that will lead us all down to the truth. Councilman Pat Campbell also has been very reasonable and logical in this 'truth finding' process.

As one anonymous blogger, The Right Thing To Do, RightThing2Do, has suggested, "Trust no one's opinion but your own, only after it's been educated." He encourages for citizens to find the facts that will lead them to the truth, regardless if the facts were presented to them by an "anonymous blogger", named blogger, another citizen, the courts, etc.

The truth's, the truth.

Sam Fisher

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