The Value Of Blogging DOES Depend On Your Sources

"I read it on the Internet." That was a very popular refrain from newbies but invariably when you asked if they has confirmed the story the answer was NO! With blogging it becomes even more critical.......

As Newspapers Debate Being Like Blogs, Prominent Blogger Says Just Link to Your Sources
Posted by Ken Shepherd on April 26, 2007 - 17:15.

A troubled newspaper industry is beset with a raging journalistic debate around using the Internet to bolster the bottom line for the nation's broadsheets.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Faced with declining circulation, many U.S.
newspapers are trying to engage readers by allowing them to respond to
news stories online. But the anonymity of the Internet lets readers
post obscenities and racist hate speech that would never be allowed in
the printed paper.

LaShawn Barber lays out her thoughts in an April 26 post to her eponymous blog, suggesting that newspapers are misguided to attempt to co-opt the blog format. Rather than allowing anonymous comments that can encourage trolls that cheapen honest debate and discussion, Barber suggests another strength of the blogosphere that is easily adaptable to newspapers' online versions.:

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