Comments on: Blogs: The Anti-Journalism http://danblank.com/blog/2006/10/31/blogs-the-anti-journalism/ Sun, 23 Nov 2008 13:49:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: Dan Blank http://danblank.com/blog/2006/10/31/blogs-the-anti-journalism/#comment-531 Tue, 31 Oct 2006 20:45:04 +0000 http://danblank.com/blog/2006/10/31/blogs-the-anti-journalism/#comment-531 John, I think this may be a product of information overload. So many readers are innundated with information and news that they have less motivation to worry about things such as "facts" - perhaps under the assumption that the blogosphere will ferret out any falsehoods. Likewise, bloggers are working hard to get noticed, and the 24 hour news cycle has put pressure on all media outlets. Happy Halloween. John,
I think this may be a product of information overload. So many readers are innundated with information and news that they have less motivation to worry about things such as “facts” - perhaps under the assumption that the blogosphere will ferret out any falsehoods.

Likewise, bloggers are working hard to get noticed, and the 24 hour news cycle has put pressure on all media outlets.

Happy Halloween.

]]> by: howardowens.com: media blog » Blog Archive » Following Comedy Central vs. YouTube http://danblank.com/blog/2006/10/31/blogs-the-anti-journalism/#comment-530 Tue, 31 Oct 2006 20:42:14 +0000 http://danblank.com/blog/2006/10/31/blogs-the-anti-journalism/#comment-530 [...] Also read Dan Blank and Mark Ingram. They are all addressing this post by Mark Cuban. [...] […] Also read Dan Blank and Mark Ingram. They are all addressing this post by Mark Cuban. […]

]]> by: John Dowdell http://danblank.com/blog/2006/10/31/blogs-the-anti-journalism/#comment-529 Tue, 31 Oct 2006 20:31:24 +0000 http://danblank.com/blog/2006/10/31/blogs-the-anti-journalism/#comment-529 Commercial journalists aren't any better... look at the Valerie Plame campaign. Three years of being pounded into the public's ears, and then, when the scandal evaporated, professional journalists fled the scene instead of clearing the error they caused. For a fresher example, look at how the major news services got manipulated into coverage of a fake grassroots site, and compare it to the reception Walmart received: http://www.mudvillegazette.com/milblogs/2006/10/27/#006854 We need to develop skepticism of what we're told... "how do you know what you say you know?" In this regard blogging seems to be commercial journalism with a faster metabolism. Commercial journalists aren’t any better… look at the Valerie Plame campaign. Three years of being pounded into the public’s ears, and then, when the scandal evaporated, professional journalists fled the scene instead of clearing the error they caused.

For a fresher example, look at how the major news services got manipulated into coverage of a fake grassroots site, and compare it to the reception Walmart received:
http://www.mudvillegazette.com/milblogs/2006/10/27/#006854

We need to develop skepticism of what we’re told… “how do you know what you say you know?” In this regard blogging seems to be commercial journalism with a faster metabolism.

]]> by: YouTube, Google, and Rumors vs. Truth in the Blogosphere » Publishing 2.0 http://danblank.com/blog/2006/10/31/blogs-the-anti-journalism/#comment-528 Tue, 31 Oct 2006 17:00:24 +0000 http://danblank.com/blog/2006/10/31/blogs-the-anti-journalism/#comment-528 [...] As Dan Blank and Mathew Ingram point out, it doesn’t matter that the theory “rings true” — it could all be entirely made up. [...] […] As Dan Blank and Mathew Ingram point out, it doesn’t matter that the theory “rings true” — it could all be entirely made up. […]

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