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By: JohnnyV

JohnnyV — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 13:25:30 +0000

Ha, your opening paragraph definitely set the mood for the article. I think if anything; what the internet has taught us is to not trust any information. Be it mainstream, or on the blogosphere, or on Twitter. The further I get into life, the more I learn there is VERY little irrefutable information out there. Nearly everything is subjective, and most of what the mainstream news or the blogosphere reports is just interpreted facts. Even data at its most basic (charts, polls..etc) aren't accurate. There's margins of error, and then you have to question how the study is being conducted. The best you can do is research a variety of places of information, and weigh the findings against one another. Which is why, when someone tells me "news" and only mentions one location that they received the news....I always question it. JohnnyV's last blog post..Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10 Launch Trailer

By: Laurel Papworth

Laurel Papworth — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 22:49:23 +0000

Any blogger (top or otherwise) who has been on the wrong end of flames as comments, due to misinformation or lack of clarity or whatever, knows to double check sources, google around, make sure it’s accurate. Cos the last thing you want is to lose respect/reputation online due to inaccurate reportage/blogging.

Kinda like having an editor with a loud boom-y voice giving you a dressing down in front of the whole office.

By: mark harrison

mark harrison — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 20:58:49 +0000

You know,I hear both sides because there are some truly terrible blogs with facts that have no basis in reality and there are also newspapers and other traditional media that have awful,biased views based on unreliable sources. That’s life folks. I use my blog to post my comments and views and if people don’t like it then they have a choice.

By: jlbraaten

jlbraaten — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 20:39:53 +0000

You’re going to get baseless accusations anytime a power-that-be is threatened. Yes, some bloggers are garbage… yes, some blogs are boring, yes, the facts aren’t always there from the get-go.

MSM’s turn. Yes, some “objective” stories have way too much slant… yes, the traditional style of writing is received more and more as a wall of text that people won’t read (i.e., web content is more consumable).

Bloggers keep MSM honest and MSM brings structure and guidelines to bloggers. I love the drama!

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