There are a lot of people without access to the internet and I don't think they're going to be rushing to the library so they can get on a computer and catch the latest news from a blog.
I don't agree that blogs help the speed of news that much. Blogs will usually beat the newspapers to the punch in terms of getting a story out quicker, but you're forgetting about TV, radio and online newspapers. They work just as fast as blogs.
And out of the media sources that I mentioned, you're going to get more reliable news from somewhere other than blogs because blogs are often heavily biased.
I never looked to blogs as a source of news or story ideas and I don't ever intend to. I have nothing against online news. In fact, I use it quite frequently, however, I want to get the news from a reliable source.
If I want to find news online, I'll go to websites like CNN's or ESPN's cause they have good information. If I want additional commentary on the subject from their writers, then I'll be happy to visit their blogs.
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I agree, Buckenbuck. Sites like CNN and ESPN have spent years and millions of dollars to ensure that their companies are credible. For news, they are who I go to first as well. Credibility takes time.
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