2009/3/29 Richard Lockwood <[email protected]>: > Dave C will have you believe that a 'blogger is more trustworthy because > he's "free" - but he's unaccountable to anyone.
That's not what I am saying. I don't say that any random blogger is more trustworthy than a random journalist. I say they are both untrustworthy - for different reasons - and deciding who is trusthworthy will no longer be delegated to editoral staff at companies who sell ads. Instead it will be done "by the people, of the people, for the people." I earlier quoted this guy: "political reporters no longer get to decide what's news" - http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/Daniel_Hannan/blog/2009/03/25/my_speech_to_gordon_brown_goes_viral Someone with another job to pay the bills (and more, hah), blogging and (probably) being paid a little bit for it, under the pretense of a old newspaper brand. For each unemployed professional journalist there'll be a dozen like him. That's the future of journalism IMO. > The whole concept of unbiased reporting doesn't apply to 'bloggers. The whole concept of unbiased reporting is a joke at best. - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
