There's plenty to criticize about the mass media, but they are the source of regular information about a wide range of topics. You can't duplicate that on blogs.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
The influence of blogging is overall a very positive force in the media.
The blogosphere might be very useful as propaganda or as therapy. But it's not journalism.
The danger of the blogosphere is reading only those you agree with. While there are right-wing blogs that are entertaining freak shows, it's hard to find substantial journalism there.
If journalism is good, it is controversial, by its nature.
It's not the journalists; it's the critics that I can't understand. I've never understood what kind of a person would want to criticize someone else's work.
If there was a blog with five listeners or viewers, I had to be on it. Now I have to be on fewer media, but more substantive media.
The media dwells mostly on negativity.
Press critics worry that the rise of media polarization threatens the foundation of credible, common information that American politics needs to thrive.
I think that in the blogosphere, the idea is to have the most controversial stuff up.
We've seen how grassroots journalism by blogs has had an impact at various points politically, as ordinary people have amplified stories that were being ignored by the traditional press.
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