Pretty clever. Much enjoyed.
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Walter Crespo - 03/29/2007 15:12:00
Totally rocked Amanda, saw it a couple of times earlier today on Myspace and now here, you really are fun to watch. Erin Barrows sure does good work too, I like her. Not just ’cause she’s amazing looking, I also dig the way she does her hair. 
Your work for Dupont was great btw, can’t say that enough. 
harrison - 03/29/2007 16:39:09
You just happen to be in the scape goat for journalism’s own identity debate. Live Strong.
david schultz - 03/29/2007 18:05:46
Didn’t Dove invent Napalm and Agent Orange?
This is the least ironic humor I have ever seen. The fact you take no position makes you a complete wash.
leron - 03/29/2007 18:55:19
Dry your eyes. You’re plenty newsy enough.
Erin reminds me of a TV news dweeb who got on a bus loaded with farm workers I was visitng with in Ohio once. Her camera crew was right behind her, big light blazing, fuzzy mike aloft. She actually raised her hand and said, “Can I see a show of hands… how many of you are illegal aliens?” Everyone on the bus, including me, pretended they didn’t know English. She bit her lower lip and left. Thank goodness.
I have my issues with DuPont, but I still fail to see what you did wrong, aside from trying to piece together a life and career in a paradigm you’re making up as you go along.
Meanwhile you are doing two things that most McNewsGeeks never will: You’re being honest about your motives, and you’re letting your sense of humor calls some of the shots.
Have fun.
brittney - 03/29/2007 19:36:47
david makes it clear once again: it ain’t the ads, it’s the company behind the ad.
Teresa - 03/29/2007 20:39:23
Very well done.
It’s not that journalism is only serious.
I guess I have an old view of journalism because I believe it is public service.
Now it has turn to a business with flashy graphics, sound effects, and stories about Anna Nicole Smith.
I think you are doing a good job on
ABCNews.com
leron - 03/29/2007 21:05:21
david schultz: The short answer to your question is no, Dove didn’t invent napalm and agent orange.
Jay - 03/30/2007 00:03:03
OMG you bitch slapped Erin :O Don’t cry Amanda :’( I love the smell of napalm
chuck - 03/30/2007 02:27:27
i love you guys.
Bad Beaver - 03/30/2007 10:13:46
Doing things the way others think they should be done is a sure ticket to irrelevance. Since we’re irrelevant smears in time and space anyway, why conform what a pseudo-ethos dictates? As you point out so correctly, there is no objectivity. We’re people, neither ants nor bees, as much as some people would love us to be.
Brooklyn Kitchen - 03/30/2007 13:49:04
Advertising spokespeople are inherently untrustworthy because of they are being paid to say positive things regardless of their opinion. It really doesn’t matter what the product is (though DuPont is among the more heinous).
Whether you are a blogger or a journalist, doing a commercial undermines how people perceive you, makes you implicitly less trustworthy, even if you are not attempting to engender the public’s trust.
This is because commercial behavior is mercenary behavior, and the public begins to suspect that you’ll sell out to the highest corporate bidder, regardless of the moral or ethical underpinnings of the company in question.
buns and chou chou - 03/30/2007 16:44:15
funny.
amanda - 03/30/2007 19:00:03
Thanks all! This was fun to make.
BK,
Spokesperson I’m not. My name is nowhere on the DuPont site. That’s for a purpose.
I do understand your point, but it’s not the point I’m arguing in this video.
d henry - 03/31/2007 00:45:23
Ugh, do you have a right to be personal? OMG. This is frightening. What if we are all people, personalities, relationships? Oh, well, I guess all you can do is “Do Your Best!!!
p.s. nice v-log guys
Jadon - 03/31/2007 18:39:50
In the whole personal vs. professional debate: you have to remember that people are only willing to invest a certain amount of time in learning about you. By being professional, you are simply saying, “I don’t expect you to deal with all my issues and history right now.” It is totally different than being non-biased, which is an impossible and moronic idea. Current popular journalism prioritizes bravado over accountability. Trusted relationships with news providers should be based on a complete understanding of their bias and appreciation for their accountability. That’s why I like the potential for blogging. To build these relationships, professionalism helps to extend your audience. Separating your professional persona from your more intimate persona is perfectly acceptable, as long as they are clearly aligned in bias, principles, and accountability. It is up to you to ensure you never speak a lie, and in error you speak the correcting truth louder.
draiocht - 04/01/2007 16:48:25
Indeed, the viewing public ought to be much more skeptical of the empty persona, whether lone or in agency (news or otherwise). Sorry, Erin!
leron - 04/02/2007 14:40:57
i wonder what kind of traffic the vids are pulling in, and whether it spiked after all the yelling started?
Zadi - 04/02/2007 17:09:41
This was wonderfully bizzzzarre. “I’m not newsy enough!” I’d like that on a t-shirt please. 
tim - 04/02/2007 18:03:54
I really enjoyed this. I love when you work out the little mini-scandals on this site — it’s such a smart way to respond.
Been thinking a lot about the breakdown of the professional / private persona thing, a lot lately, too.
Maybe it’s just that once you get to the place you’re supposed to be, if you’re lucky enough to, you can drop the facade and be yourself a bit more — work relationships can be a lot more fun if you can find a way to move them from LinkedIn to Flickr.
Clintus - 04/03/2007 06:22:39
More bitch slapping please. It’s great that you can bring stuff like this to the surface. Obviously it’s on your mind these past few weeks. But you can’t do wrong in my opinion.
Michael - 04/04/2007 22:25:41
Excellent work Amanda. I also support the
“I’m not newsy enough!†t-shirt.
I just don’t get the problem with what you may or may not do and for who and how much. Are you supposed to ask “someones” permission first?
Great high quality and entertaining stuff from you, as usual. Look forward to much more and thanks.
Panagiote - 05/17/2007 11:34:22
Nice!
Vardis - 05/20/2007 15:58:16
interesting
03.29.2007 Journalism Wars
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