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Re: Fisking Kos
As I've written similarly to Ms. Nolan: Why is Kos getting dragged over the coals here? Exactly what "path of full and open disclosure" is he expected to take? The conference created the badge system; should they have a special "journalist-blogger-partisan-whose-employer-was-paid-for-techinical-consulting-while-he-wrote-a-politcal-blog-but-FULLY-DISCLOSED-IT-ANYWAY-and-is-now-being-used-as-a-false-analogy-to-claim-"see-they-do-it-too"-and-is-being-smeared-by-innuendo-of-"well-we-don't-see-where-his-funding-comes-from"-by-those-who-(rightfully)-don't-disclose-any-more-detail-on-their-own-sites..." badge just for Kos? Is there some special initiation that makes journalists magically unbiased and not-in-need of any kind of disclosure? Personally, I don't trust anyone who claims to be unbiased; I find them either liars or lacking in self-awareness. We all have a bias; it comes with being human. It is by being aware of our biases that we can avoid prejudice. I would trust more the individual who admits to bias, but can be persuaded, than one who admits no bias, but "knows" what's right and wrong. Maybe we should all get "I have my Bias; What's Yours?" badges... Tracy Hall
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