Does blogger is the same with journalist? Hmm based on the article that I've read, "Are bloggers journalists? Are blogs new journalism? by Chris Pirillo" he thought that, a blogger is not the same as journalist. Well it seems like i think the same way with him. For me, a blogger will most probably writes about his or her personal life; about what they did or their own opinion. Furthermore, blogger will not getting any payment for what they've been writing for because they write what they want to share with the readers. Maybe a few bloggers will get some extra money from the advertisements application on their blogs. While the journalists write because they have to. It's their job to write. So maybe it is not purely from their heart. And Chris stated that most of the info that being channeled from the journalists to the media are not 100% correct. It is because they just write 'something' to fulfill their jobs criteria. Other that that, we must consider if certain bloggers are wrong about their statements because bloggers only write about what they know and the one who supposed to give a real fact is the journalists. Nowadays a lot of bloggers tend to be the journalists, giving info and inputs to other people. But they still don't get any payment. It depends on the bloggers' sincerity of writing. In other cases, troll blogs have become a worldwide trend because troll blogs will get higher hit than any informative facts blog. Are they same as the journalists? No aren't they? So my conclusion is bloggers are not the same as the journalist. Bloggers write for fun while journalists write for money.
"So which one do you trust? The one that writes from the heart or the one that writes from the (not 100% correct) facts?"
On statement by Chris that most of the info that being channeled from the journalists to the media are not 100% correct, could be one of the following reasons;
ReplyDelete1. interviewing the wrong people
2. the story appeared at a time when the facts were not clear
3. the reliable source turned out not to be so reliable after all.
4. he said/she said problems without evaluating the evidence.
I think, blogger and journalist have their own characteristics. So, I prefer both of them and trust about their informations.
ReplyDeleteConsider whom should we trust, I think it's better if we refers to various bloggers and journalists by comparing the similarities of their stories to know what exactly happen.
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