Comments on: Blog readers acting as a truth squad http://beatblogging.org/2008/08/20/blog-readers-acting-as-a-truth-squad/ Pushing the practice of beat reporting Fri, 01 Jan 2010 16:26:06 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Lex http://beatblogging.org/2008/08/20/blog-readers-acting-as-a-truth-squad/comment-page-1/#comment-102 Lex Thu, 21 Aug 2008 11:35:53 +0000 http://beatblogging.org/?p=203#comment-102 The "it's only a draft" argument doesn't hold much water in the public-policy arena, or shouldn't. Publicizing drafts is preferable to dealing with a fait accompli -- if an idea is bad, then the earlier you can kill it, the better, and if the idea is good, then having a draft get disseminated should only help. Not to wander from the main point, catching the district in an outright lie is excellent work. Good for them. The “it’s only a draft” argument doesn’t hold much water in the public-policy arena, or shouldn’t. Publicizing drafts is preferable to dealing with a fait accompli — if an idea is bad, then the earlier you can kill it, the better, and if the idea is good, then having a draft get disseminated should only help.

Not to wander from the main point, catching the district in an outright lie is excellent work. Good for them.

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