On Tue, 08 Nov 2005 23:12:29 +0100, Mike Hudack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Is that a trick question? First of all, I don't think you can > compare the "average" newspaper article with an "average" blog > article. I wasn't, Jay was. :o) > And, for that matter, the "average newspaper article." Are we > talking feature articles, simple news event articles (I'm sure there > must be a term of art for these but I don't know what it is), or what? Exactly, and the same for the average blog entry. Jay was setting things up to mean 'journalism == lazy, unresearched stories; blogs == The Truth(tm)'. The generalization is very far from what's going on. Some journalistic stories are not fact-checked, but they are in the minority. Some blog entries are great investigative journalism, but they are in the minority. Blogging in itself isn't more true than any other medium. It's just as easy to lie to promote an agenda on a blog - probably easier since you don't have to try and sneak your lie past an editor. - Andreas -- <URL:http://www.solitude.dk/> Commentary on media, communication, culture and technology. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get Bzzzy! (real tools to help you find a job). Welcome to the Sweet Life. http://us.click.yahoo.com/A77XvD/vlQLAA/TtwFAA/lBLqlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
