Warblogging on CNN
2003-04-02 17:05:36.836595+02 by
ebwolf
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Saw an interview last night on CNN (on TV, sorry, no link) about Warbloggers. It was interesting to see news media people talking about what they considered a new, cutting-edge medium. There was much skepticism (mostly on the part of the CNN talking head) about the authenticity of information in a 'blog and how does a reader know if information is correct. What he failed to understand that 'blogs create communities of trust. For instance, I give information gathered via Flutterby greater trust because I know the people who gathered the information and have significant trust in those sources (even if I disagree with the commentary). I actually put less faith in CNN!
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#Comment made: 2003-04-02 18:52:26.54192+02 by:
Dan Lyke
I think it's important to remember that CNN has a vested interest in keeping people mistrustful of alternative news sources. Yes, there is no guarantee that a weblog is truthful, but just as we learn to trust and mistrust large-scale media sources, we'll learn to trust the smaller ones. And because in the case of the smaller ones we're learning about the personalities rather than just the policies of a large organization I think we'll be able to derive better information from more individual outlets.
#Comment made: 2003-04-02 22:21:59.191935+02 by:
Pete
That's a lie!
#Comment made: 2003-04-02 23:30:10.147297+02 by:
Dan Lyke
http://www.latimes.com/news/cu...m/showcase/la-ednote_blurb.blurb
#Comment made: 2003-04-03 00:00:44.456985+02 by:
meuon
Did Walski get fired for editing the photo or doing it poorly. Hmm..
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