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Originally Posted by Guitar Shark
There are exceptions to every rule, of course... 
My comment was inspired by the first post in this thread, which is a blog post from some wacko at "Hot Air," which describes itself as "the world’s first full-service conservative Internet broadcast network."
Any author who derisively refers to the current health care proposal as "ObamaCare" exposes his or her lack of journalistic integrity, in my opinion.
My ultimate point is that the rise of blogs in America has led to an unfortunate situation where serious journalistic ethics (vetting sources, providing balanced viewpoints, etc) has fallen by the wayside. Instead, there is now a blog to represent every particular ideology, yet they are often espoused as "fact" or "news" when really they are nothing of the sort. It's sensationalism in the worst sense.
Just my $.02. |
Up North...I have seen blogs change our main stream media.
The CBC was busted a few times for making up stories about PM Stephan Harper...or changing the slant...creative editing to ask one question and give a horrible answer that belonged to another.
Quite frankly...blogs have made Canadian media more accountable.