Only 5% Of Bloggers Are Journalists

ObsessiveMathsFreak writes "A recent study has concluded that only 5% of bloggers have news as their primary topic. The study was conducted by the Pew Internet & American Life Project, and found that 37 percent of the surveyed blogs were reporting on their personal life, 11 percent on political matters, 7 percent on entertainment, and 6 percent on sports. There's also plenty of extra data in the report itself. From the article: 'About 34 percent see their blogging as a form of journalism; 65 percent disagreed. Just over a third of the bloggers said they often conduct journalistically appropriate tasks such as verifying facts and linking to source material.'"

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Re:100% of Bloggers are Worthless Sacks of Shit

[alfs boner]

Hear, hear.

Re:100% of Bloggers are Worthless Sacks of Shit

[Fordiman]

Ok, I don't normally grouse about getting modded flamebait (in fact, I usually enjoy it), but, no. My above post is not flamebait.

I can guess the group alignment of the guy who flamebaited me. Someone who's in the "Blogs are the only form of truly free speech left!"

Yeah. Take yourself seriously. Please. Someone's got to.

No, really. You're free to speak. That's not to say you're worth listening to.