February 28, 2006 in Media Orchard, Social Media Marketing by sbaradell@ideagrove.com
Why a Technorati Favorites List? Question Answered

From Technorati: “The biggest blogs in the blogosphere, as measured by the number of people who have made them a Favorite.”

We’re currently No. 88 on this list. Steve is No. 1.

Update: We should point out that — since we’re currently ranked about 3,700th on Technorati by the unique-link measure — we’re probably not long for this list once the word gets out that Technorati is using Favorites to rank popularity.

Nonetheless, just in the 90 minutes since we posted this, we’ve already dropped to No. 95. Only 13 of you have named this blog one of your favorites. If there are only 13 of you out there that consider Media Orchard one of your favorite 50 blogs, we’re shutting this sucker down.

C’mon. Add us:

Add to Technorati Favorites!

David Sifry, you’re a genius — an evil genius, but a genius nonetheless.

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February 28, 2006 in Media Orchard, PR Agencies, Social Media Marketing by sbaradell@ideagrove.com
Media Orchard Is One of the 43 Best Blogs (for Now)

Media Orchard clocks in at No. 37 on Brian Oberkirch’s “43 Best Blogs Wiki.” Of course, since it’s a wiki, it appears we have the power to move ourselves up to No. 1 if we want to. Then again, some hater could take us off altogether.

Don’t be surprised if the wiki abusers at McKinney plop Dr. Myra into the No. 1 slot.

Oh — and we get to add a cool “43 Best Blogs” badge to our site now. Thanks Brian!

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February 28, 2006 in Media Orchard, Picks by sbaradell@ideagrove.com
Pick of the Orchard 2.28.06
  • “This is the best way to pick up chicks,” says Uncle Sam (The Obscure Store)
  • ABC’s The Note on Dubai Ports Deal: “Zzzzzzzzzz” (Think Progress)
  • Sharper lines between news, advertising (Raleigh News & Observer)
  • This is Why Nobody Trusts the Pharmaceutical Industry, Part 2 (Holmes Report Blog)
  • Is Al Reis’s Strategy Reversal Test a Useful Tool? (Being Reasonable)
  • The metaphorical genius of NYC’s free paper (Jossip)
  • Hannity, Fox News’s Fundraising Division (Daily Kos)

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    February 27, 2006 in Media, Media Orchard, Media Relations by sbaradell@ideagrove.com
    Incontrovertible Proof That Fox News Is Fair and Balanced

    From Christopher Falvey via Fark.

     
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    February 27, 2006 in Media, Media Orchard, Media Relations by sbaradell@ideagrove.com
    Are You Gay?


    From Eric Hegedus, national president of the 1,300-member National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association, in the San Francisco Chronicle:

    A professional sin of omission — the failure to get all the facts by shying away from asking a newsmaker his or her sexual orientation — still clouds the media’s actions. And in the case of Olympic figure skater Johnny Weir, the problem becomes far more glaring. Stereotype-drenched speculation, gossip and wink-wink hearsay have taken the place of a sound journalistic practice: Asking the pertinent question. In this case, that question is: “Are you gay?” …

    Via news organizations from the New York Times to the San Jose Mercury News, from ESPN.com to the Washington Post, the public was treated to terminology that included, but was certainly not limited to: Flamboyant. Flashy. Whispers. Extravagant. Eccentric. Theatrical. Tinkerbelle. Chihuahuas. Boa. Masculinity. Effeminate. Flaming. Princessy. Female sport. Girly men. Oddballs. Revelation. Coy. Disclosures. Distraction. Tension. Embarrassing. Uncomfortable. Squirming. Fishnets. Prissy. Lifestyle. Gay style.

    It’s a lot of flash and stereotypes without substance, all in lieu of posing that obvious question to Weir: “Are you gay?”…

    The news media have no problem hounding celebrities (as well as their publicists, friends and enemies) regarding romantic entanglements, alleged or otherwise, as well as other personal details. Think Brad and Angelina, Britney and Kevin, Tom and Katie, Lindsay Lohan, Paris Hilton and Colin Farrell. Even sports figures such as Derek Jeter, Alex Rodriguez, Anna Kournikova and formerly/famously single and sometimes outrageously married Dennis Rodman haven’t escaped the very personal intensity of the media glare. Yet the question “Are you gay?” is still confined to its own little closet, the door seemingly forever closed. It’s perceived to be somehow too personal or potentially shameful to ask.

    This “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy only mars our judgment and professionalism, all the while giving our readers, viewers and listeners a degrading, murky and speculative portrait of our subjects.

    (Via Romenesko)

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