Comments on Pivní Filosof - Beer Philosopher: Who is this guy?

Good point, and one that is certainly part of the ...

2010-01-06T19:38:55.525+01:00

Good point, and one that is certainly part of the debate.

But as you say, those ethics are "in theory" and many journalists are biased, the ones who write about beer aren't an exception.

Bloggers will (and to a certain extent, should) never be subjected to the same standards because bloggers (the real ones, I mean, no the ones doing PR for a company) don't get paid for writing, and their readers aren't expected to pay to access the contents they publish. Of course, there are many who choose to voluntarily adhere to those standards, and those are the bloggers who, at least in the beer community, have the best reputations.

Either way, that is not what Brewer meant at all. His objection is of a completely different nature: he's basically mad that people can do what he used to do decades ago, but easier and faster and with a much wider reach. In other words, he's mad because he's becoming irrelevant (even if in a way that is his own fault for not having a blog).

I think the objection is that bloggers aren't ...

2010-01-06T15:11:46.383+01:00

I think the objection is that bloggers aren't held to the same standards as print journalists are. That is NOT to say some quality bloggers don't choose to adhere to those standards, but there are not any immediate consequences if they do not. Bloggers do not have to disclose if they're getting kickbacks, they don't have editors who would fire them if they were inserting bias. That's not to say some print journalists aren't crooked, either.
Yeah, we're sad that our profession is being overrun. I don't think I'll mind as much when bloggers are required to adhere to the same ethics that, in theory, make journalism the institution that it is.

I believe Mr. Brewer is full of envy. Your blog is...

2009-12-30T21:35:40.762+01:00

I believe Mr. Brewer is full of envy. Your blog is great, and I believe you have much to offer the Spanish beer magazine.

Keep up the good work!

Thanks for support! Anyway, and sharing what'...

2009-12-30T10:55:51.323+01:00

Thanks for support!

Anyway, and sharing what's being discussed in the Spanish version.

I don't moderate comments, like most bloggers (and the few who do is because they want to filter spam and trolls), so if I write any sort of bollocks anyone can call me down for it, or correct any mistakes I might make. We can't do that with the likes of Alan Brewer.

And if he knows so much, and he's interested in spreading the knowledge as much as he claims, why doesn't he write a blog? Might it be that he's afraid of being unmasked for the superficial snob I bet he is?

What a buffoon. I think we would all agree that yo...

2009-12-30T10:19:39.281+01:00

What a buffoon. I think we would all agree that you write very well and are a professional writer in every meaningful sense.

He's just an old school print journalist ranti...

2009-12-29T17:06:20.095+01:00

He's just an old school print journalist ranting because his profession is evaporating in a world where anybody can write what they want, when they want, and be heard. Your success is determined solely by what your readers think of your writing, not by Mr Brewer, his editors or their establishment. Don't fret this, my friend, Mr Brewer and his colleagues will go the way of the dinosaurs.

Obviously you are passionately interested and know...

2009-12-29T15:15:51.075+01:00

Obviously you are passionately interested and knows a lot about beer, are good at writing and best of all; you have the guts to write what you really think in a personal way! What more can a magazine wish from their writers?
Never mind the bollock! Hold the line

This could only mean one thing ...you (bloggers) a...

2009-12-29T14:33:33.350+01:00

This could only mean one thing ...you (bloggers) are doing a great job AND...some people are so jealous!...

Haha! This one in particular sounds a bit like tho...

2009-12-29T12:23:03.847+01:00

Haha! This one in particular sounds a bit like those old farts constantly bitching about how good the old days were and how lost youth is today... And he looks just as pathetic...

There seem to be quite a few old-fashioned print w...

2009-12-29T12:12:27.867+01:00

There seem to be quite a few old-fashioned print writers who get very upset about bloggers. Just ignore the old twats is what I say.

The idea of print media as somehow superior to web writing is such a bag of shit. Much of the worst rubbish that has been written about beer comes in books.