Bloggingens betydelse: skeptikerna

”Blogging is not journalism.

Often it is as far from journalism as it is possible to get, with unsubstantiated rumour, prejudice and gossip masquerading as informed opinion.

Without editors to correct syntax, tidy up the story structure or check facts, it is generally impossible to rely on anything one finds in a blog without verifying it somewhere else – often the much-maligned mainstream media.” Bill Thompson, BBC News.

”Though my opinion will not be shared by the majority of those who read this, I greatly appreciated the article appearing in the BBC News, Is Google too Powerful. Not only did the writer, Bill Thompson, challenge this continuing nonsense about webloggers ’replacing’ mainstream Captital-J Journalism, he also exposed the falsity of the godhood with which Google is treated.
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what makes anyone think we’re so erudite in our debates that anyone other than webloggers would want to stop long enough to hear what we have to say?” Burningbird: Google is not God, Webloggers are not Capital-J Journalists ….