Re: [IRCA] Wince-worthy IBOC praise article

[Scott Fybush <scott@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Russ Edmunds wrote:

> Sorry, but I think you've overstepped here. Since when is it libellous
> to suggest that someone who is a self-described free-lancer might have
> received payment from an interested party to write something on their
> behalf ??? Or, since when is it libellous to suggest that someone might
> be writing under a psuedonym ??

I'll step back from "libelous" - that may have been a bit extreme. But 
unless someone has actual evidence that Ira was on the take, or that his 
real name is something other than "Ira Wilner," I fail to see how the 
discussion was in any way advanced by making those allegations.

In the absence of evidence, they become merely the basis of an ad 
hominem attack - one doesn't like what's being said, and so one goes 
after the person saying it (or, in this case, a fevered-imagination 
strawman version of the person saying it) instead of the substance of 
what's being said.

What I'm asking for here is a bare minimum of civility, and an awareness 
that our radio community is a small one. I realize that "Ira Wilner" may 
be a complete unknown to most of the people on the list. But it might be 
useful to remember that he's a real person, with a home and a family and 
a job and - believe it or not - a passion for radio, just like the rest 
of us here.

It's entirely possible, I hope, to disagree with his opinions (I do), 
without feeling a need to cast aspersions on him as a person.

s
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