My friend and colleague Dave Taylor runs several hugely popular weblogs on tech, business, and parenting topics. This morning he had a post that I think many in the news business can relate to: Why Bloggers Must Be Historical Revisionists.
Dave’s posting echoes some themes of a good cross-blog conversation he and I had going earlier on whether it’s OK to edit or revise blog postings. (To follow that discussion, start with my Aug. 1 posting, Rewriting blog history: Bad idea, and follow the breadcrumb trail of links.)
Here’s how developments in the Jon Benet Ramsey case, which is a local story for Dave and me, sparked Dave’s latest observations on strategies for correcting or updating blog postings…