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Not sure where best to have this discussion, but I believe the "Good, the Bad, and the Awful" series fails miserably as a reliable source. The Willamette Week uses a methodology that doesn't pass the laugh test, and has been doing so for years: they interview lobbyists, and then publish the results anonymously. This is a serious departure from journalistic ethics, which as a rule require reporters to name sources. Sources go unnamed when there are compelling reasons to do so, and where the story does not suffer as a result; the journalist is typically understood to put his/her reputation on the line by doing so. In this case, the WW makes a regular practice of leaving sources unnamed in order to produce a more salacious story -- decidedly not a compelling reason.
Anyway -- all this is my own opinion, based on close reading of the article and its introduction, and an email discussion with Nigel Jaquiss who did the piece last session. I suppose we can't completely ignore the pieces, since they do offer a rundown of legislators. But I would suggest that we take them with a pretty big grain of salt. Perhaps this: seek out alternate sources where possible, and steer clear of quoting unsourced generalizations (like "so-and-so isn't smart") from these particular articles. - Pete ( talk) 01:41, 8 April 2008 (UTC)
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Not sure where best to have this discussion, but I believe the "Good, the Bad, and the Awful" series fails miserably as a reliable source. The Willamette Week uses a methodology that doesn't pass the laugh test, and has been doing so for years: they interview lobbyists, and then publish the results anonymously. This is a serious departure from journalistic ethics, which as a rule require reporters to name sources. Sources go unnamed when there are compelling reasons to do so, and where the story does not suffer as a result; the journalist is typically understood to put his/her reputation on the line by doing so. In this case, the WW makes a regular practice of leaving sources unnamed in order to produce a more salacious story -- decidedly not a compelling reason.
Anyway -- all this is my own opinion, based on close reading of the article and its introduction, and an email discussion with Nigel Jaquiss who did the piece last session. I suppose we can't completely ignore the pieces, since they do offer a rundown of legislators. But I would suggest that we take them with a pretty big grain of salt. Perhaps this: seek out alternate sources where possible, and steer clear of quoting unsourced generalizations (like "so-and-so isn't smart") from these particular articles. - Pete ( talk) 01:41, 8 April 2008 (UTC)
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