‘American Zombie’ blogger outs himself while facing libel suit from New Orleans City Hall employee
[Jason] Berry decided to dispense with pseudonym for this news story; the anonymity wouldn’t last anyway, he said. Berry said he’s never hidden his identity out of fear, but as a way to encourage dialogue about corruption in a city where few problems are addressed head-on.
… In New Orleans, perhaps fittingly, the battle between blogger and subject comes in the arena of alleged City Hall corruption, which Berry says he hopes to help expose. His blog American Zombie has focused on City Hall contracts, especially the technology contracts, such as those for the city’s crime camera program, along with the Mayor Ray Nagin free trips to such exotic locales as Hawaii. He has repeatedly scrutinized former city technology chief Greg Meffert — now under investigation by the feds — and the array of companies he is connected with.
The mere fact that Berry is read widely enough to spur someone to hunt him down may signal a maturing of the local blogosphere.
Sounds like a case of You Don’t Know Who I Am to me.
We could all just get our news from Chris Wallace, that king of hard-hitting journalism.
Update: It’s a banner day for journalism, folks. Jenna Bush is the newest NBC White House correspondent. Take that, collective American IQ liberal media bias!
