I think we have all come to a realization that journalism as we know it can and is biased and generalized. The difference between traditional journalism and blogging is the perspective. We expect bloggers to express their views and to some extent, expect their views to be biased towards themselves. However we expect traditional journalism to be unbiased and precise, which is quite impossible in itself as humans are not able to be completely without biased.
I personally prefer to read different perspectives on the same subject and to come to my own conclusion (ie different blogger perspectives on the current events in France) than to hear my six o'clock news summarize the events and underlying reasons for me as I'm sure it would have some kind of spin on it. Cheers, Joan - www.rantingsofjoan.blogspot.com Message: 18 Date: Tue, 8 Nov 2005 18:20:02 -0500 From: Jay dedman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Re: watching personal videos > 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. okay..funny thing was...i was trying to say there is a balance between the truth in blogs and the truth in tradiotional media. think of the last time a traditional news outlet covered something you knew intimately (ie videblogging). were all the facts correct? is there a blog that may have the facts more correct becasue the person focuses just on that subject? this isnt about blogs vs traditional media. its about acknowledging that the flow of info is changing. bloggers if anything are fact checkers. > 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. again, I think this may be a matter of culture. Andreas is in Denmark where their traditional media may be more secure. in the US where i live, you can SEE the spin in every story reported. this is why the Daily Show is one of the most popular shows on US TV...by shining a light on the absurdity of US news coverage. having an editor may mean you MUST twist the truth. blogs do not equal truth. my point was simply that blogs help tell the story. showing my bias, bloggers such as http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/ do a great job piecing together the facts of a story....you can judge his credibility by going through his archives. Josh Marshall did a recent group of postings on the specific flow of events of the Bush admnistration manufacturing the story of the Niger/nuclear/Iraq connection. when i worked at CNN....trust me...we didnt have time to do weeks of research...you find other people to tell the story...and fact check the best you can. But bloggers are telling the story....and are now can affect how traditional journalism works. wait till we get more video coming from important events around the world. i would kill to see videoblogs from the rioting in Paris. who are these people...what are their motivations?...what does it sound like? jay ------------------------ 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/
