The Cranky Geeks episode 124 with Mr. John C Dvorak, Head Crank – as cranky as ever, Sebastian Rupley, Co-Crank, Editorial Director, PCMagCast.com, John Markoff, Senior Writer, The New York Times, and Tom Goldstein, Former Dean, UC Berkeley and Columbia’s J-Schools, discuss a number of different topics, the lead story dealing with journalism, blogging, and accountability.

Here is the summary – “There have been many people calling for more accountability among bloggers, along the lines of the rules that journalists usually have to observe. Is there a fundamental difference between bloggers and journalists that should put the kibosh on this? Should bloggers be allowed more freedom than journalists?”

A couple of relevant comments were made by John Markoff making the parallel of blogging to the CB radio’s of old (something he first said years ago) and the rest of the panel taking about anonymous blog posts. What standards should be applied to bloggers, should we/they be as accountable as traditional journalists, and if in fact they are journalists.