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Are Blogs the Future of Journalism?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the let's-hope-not dept.

jnf82 writes "Recently bloggers were part of the forces compelling Trent Lott to resign as Senate majority leader and Dan Rather to apologize to viewers on national television -- leaving many to ponder if blogs could someday supplant traditional journalism. More likely they'll become a 'fifth estate' keeping watch over mainstream media and politics, says Dan Drezner and Henry Farrell in Foreign Policy Magazine's current issue. So will the new media revolution be blogged? 'No,' says Anna Marie Cox, author of Wonkette, 'A revolution requires that people leave their house.'"

4 of 363 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Not in Korea by Chyeburashka · · Score: -1, Troll

    Only old people in Korea are bloggers.
    Old people are dying.
    BSD is dying.
    BSD bloggers eat Kim-Chi.

  2. The Front Step... by SEWilco · · Score: 0, Troll
    'A revolution requires that people leave their house.'

    All in favor of voting from home, step outside.

  3. Re:No. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Stupid pinko communist hippy terrorist treehugger! All media is liberal! Don't tell me you think that communist rag newsmax, or fox news is "conservative". lies lies lies!
    They don't even preface our president with his proper title "Our Lord and Savior, the Holiest of Holies, God's Vessel".

    I want serious discussion on whether Bush is Christ himself, or if Christ is Bush's equal. I won't get that on Hannity and Colmes!

  4. Bloggers For Political Correctness! by Baldrson · · Score: 0, Troll
    Gee, it sure is nice to see that bloggers are taking the courageous stance of looking out for political correctness. I mean mainstream media just doesn't do a good enough job of that.

    Face it, the blogging community is, like the government, media and academia, a bunch of narcissistic wankers.

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    Seastead this.