YouTube's 'How To' on Citizen Journalism Filled With Lefty Media Types, No Conservatives

YouTube's 'How To' on Citizen Journalism Filled With Lefty Media Types, No Conservatives

By Warner Todd Huston (Bio | Archive)
June 30, 2009 - 00:47 ET

Apparently, YouTube doesn't think that a conservative journalist has anything to say to help all you budding citizen journalists out there. A glance at the denizens of the Old Media offered up as journalism experts on the Internet video giant will show a long list of well known lefties with not a single center or center right professional in the mix.

On April 30, YouTube set up a channel dedicated to a sort of how-to instruction manual or an online media 101 class that folks interested in becoming citizen journalists can watch to help them learn some of the tricks of the Media trade. Ostensibly, this will help the average, every day blogger present his work in a more professional way. This is a great idea, by the way. Many blogs could use some tips on better writing and presentation, interview skills, and video presentation if not an occasional editor -- and I should know on that last one!

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But it seems that no one that represents the center-right in the world of journalism seems to qualify as an expert as far as Google's YouTube is concerned. Going to the main page will reveal a whole bunch of lefty jurnos offering you their help. Not only do we get the advice from the heavily left-slanted Chris Cillizza, NPR or Katie Couric, but YouTube even offers "advice" from AlJazeera's Riz Kahn, for Pete's sake!

Imagine, AlJazeera on journalistic professionalism!

Check out this long list of lefties:

Katie Couric
Bob Woodward
Nicholas Christoff
NPR's Scott Simpon
The Associated Press
Tavis Smiley
Bloomberg's Lizzie O'Leary
The Washington Post's Chris Cillizza
Time Magazine
Newsweek
Reuters
Dana Milbank
Michael Isikoff
AlJazeera

But the worst of the bunch, as least as far as supposedly getting advice on being a professional journalist is concerned, is the YouTube offering of "Arianna Huffington on Citizen Journalism." I mean, "citizen" she may be, but "journalist," she ain't. Success does not guarantee professionalism. Accordingly Arinna has lots of success yet has yet to inculcate one shred of professionalism at Huffington Post.

In any case, one wonders why there is no offering from a Michael Barone, John Stossel, George Will, Brit Hume, or any number of center right journalists? Presumably, YouTube never asked any of these folks for their advice, the lefties being all YouTube was interested in hearing from.

I guess no center-right journalist could possibly be "professional," eh?

(H/T Earl F. Glynn)

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Damn, thought I was gonna

June 30, 2009 - 01:59 ET by G. May

Damn, thought I was gonna get the H/T on that one!

The left really does has an all out assault on media. In addition to a ubiquitous presence in academia and pop culture, there's the old press and now wikipedia and youtube.

Did you

June 30, 2009 - 02:20 ET by Warner Todd Huston

Sorry about that G. May.

Did you send a hat tip through the NB Tips email? If you did, I won't get it until later in the morning as I usually check that particular inbox at 8AM each day. Or, maybe I just missed it previously.

I had this one sent me by my friend Earl at about noon yesterday.

So, H/T to you as well, G.May, for seeing it.

Be sure and visit my home blog PubliusForum.com.

No biggie. I did send it

June 30, 2009 - 09:39 ET by G. May

No biggie. I did send it through the NB tips email, but I'm just glad you did a piece on it.

I was equally blown away by the inclusion of Huffington as a journalistic "expert".

Re tips email

June 30, 2009 - 11:38 ET by slickwillie2001

I've tried the tips email, and generally get bounces. Maybe it doesn't like FF. I like the Drudge method of quick tips.

The seziure of power

June 30, 2009 - 04:11 ET by hetookuazy

This is and always has been what the these people are about. One cannot seize power or maintain the seizure without marginalizing and preferably destroying the truth. No arguments that way.

One explanation for everything and no discussion except by those who rule at the top spots in the newsrooms. Freedom is too dangerous for the little people and truth and fact are downright leathal to their cause and power.

There will be but one truth and they are determined that it will be their's.

Citizen journalism is easier

June 30, 2009 - 08:38 ET by Mitchell Blatt

Citizen journalism is easier when you have a direct line to the White House to coordinate questions at press conferences.

Lol Mitchell... Ain't

June 30, 2009 - 12:03 ET by bigtimer

Lol Mitchell...

Ain't that the truth!

Good dig you got in there.

Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea. ~Andrew Breitbart

Newsbusters should create

June 30, 2009 - 11:25 ET by mattm

Newsbusters should create "Newstube" to compete with, and maybe defeat, youtube....

mattm... Hey now...that

June 30, 2009 - 12:05 ET by bigtimer

mattm...

Hey now...that is a great idea...

There sure is nothing fair and balanced about the list they have here...whatsoever.

Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea. ~Andrew Breitbart

I'm an idea man... it's

June 30, 2009 - 12:13 ET by mattm

I'm an idea man... it's great work, but the pay is crappy... : )

Eyeblast.tv

June 30, 2009 - 20:13 ET by Warner Todd Huston

That's why they started eyeblast.tv, I think.

Be sure and visit my home blog PubliusForum.com.

Journalists?

June 30, 2009 - 16:28 ET by DoktorFranken

These people have not accurately reported the news for decades. And the 'Perky Hag' got her 'journalism' job by being a news reader on a morning entertainment show.

No, these folks have been creating the 'news' for years and cannot be trusted as 'journalists'. Only idiots believe that these dolts are serious news people. The same idiots that voted for Hussein.