That is the point of what we are doing here. I wish more people understood the objective is learning not controlling.

Regarding Brittney, I think it’s hard for a lot of people to grasp new media, including me.

To the best of my knowledge, there is no rule book. The rules are being made up as we go.

Brittney was(is) an excellent blogger. I looked down on her when I first started blogging because “I’m a real journalist.” I truly didn’t understand what she was doing is cutting edge….that it IS new journalism.

I’ve had a chance to learn a lot from her and even this site and others about this new concept. I’m still a better old school journalist than I am a new media journalist.

But I’m listening and learning.

I haven’t heard anyone mention Steve Gill in all of this. He was calling for her job a week ago. Do you know if that had anything to do with her departure?

Peace out,
Sharon

No it isn’t. You are correct. Of that post she wrote, “Well, I’m exaggerating slightly for effect, but yeah. ”

Okay, she wasn’t perfect. She did snark a link or two to my a couple of my posts but I didn’t care. I sensed she was under pressure and it was cool. I think she was under a lot of pressure. People like Andy Axel who would imply she was cavorting with the “enemy”.

I think the charges against her of passive-aggressive behavior have some merit to them.

I think she just let her opinions out sideways, then when you called her on them, she’d play coy. I think the charges against her of passive-aggressive behavior have some merit to them. Like I said, read her other blog and you’ll see the anger and contempt she held for those who disagreed with her.

She even falsely accused them of sending her death threats! Is that reasonable?

I keep trying to explain that partisanship and policital correctness are poisoning this country. We need to deal with issues, not parties.

Brittney was trying to have her cake and eat it too. But she was also one of the most reasonable voices on the left. Ironically it was the far left that drove her away.

She made a mistake giving in to the hysterical from those even farther on the left than her. I think she will later regret going out like this.

I don’t know that it was a coup so much as she finally got worn down. Read her other blog and you’ll see she’s been checked out of NiT for a while now. She was trying to have it both way — be partisan and not be pressured. It wasn’t working.

You have a point. It is a matter of perspective. But compared to KnoxViews I felt Brittney gave more coverage to Conservative and Libertarian bloggers.

Brittney showcased a lot of Uncle’s post and a lot of my posts. She also showcased a lot of posts from Terry Frank and David Oatney.

What I was trying to say is that I felt Brittney did a good job for a left leaning blog to present coverage from opposing opinion. I know it wasn’t 50/50. But I felt it was good considering.

To expand your post Mike, I felt Brittney felt pressure from the far left to get snarky with people like Terry Frank. But she never did that too much to Uncle, myself, or David Oatney. And she was kind to Glenn Dean who she fought with often.

My point is that Brittney was under more pressure from the far left than from others.

I think what we saw today was a coup. I hope Channel 2 does not give in. If they do they are useless.

That’s the crux of the issue. She exercises editorial control over what she chooses to highlight and further editorial decisions over what she says. But when she gets called on it, she retreats into a weirdly coy “I don’t know what you mean.” or a deliberately evasive, “You called me ‘X.” Explain yourself.”

Read the link from Tiny Cat Pants, written by Brittney’s mentor-figure Aunt B., who frequently takes up for Brittney in her place:
So, let me tell you a little bit about life on the ground here in Tennessee. Here, we liberal bloggers are outnumbered by conservative bloggers by about six to one, I’d guess. Here, there are maybe a dozen feminist bloggers throughout the whole state and a handful, at best, bloggers who blog for immigrant rights.

Your behavior threatens to take that from us–again such arrogance.

Sorta confirms what an awful lot of people in Tennessee have been saying for a while now.

It’s fascinating to me that of the 200 or so comments on NiT in both posts, I’ve seen only one high-profile member of the TN conservosphere speak up — Bill Hobbs, and only once. All the rest of us seem to be standing back. Interesting….

First Sharon Cobb wanted some State worker fired, then some people wanted Bill Hobbs fired, now A.C. and Brittney.

For such a Blue State place there isn’t much regard for either privacy or the sanctity of peoples jobs.

They seem a little fucked up over there.

Brittney at NIT aggregates the Smantix post on NIT without comment.

Moonbats go insane. Okay, more insane. Okay, really insane. Now some of the Moonbats want Brittney fired because she is not Blue State enough.

That’s about it.