The Great Blogosphere Brawl

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Weblogs or blogs reveal the emotions churning beneath the surface of hard news. For example, journalists may report which legislation passed the House by what margin, but bloggers will lay bare the ideological brawls that underlie the news item.

Interesting analysis with some good examples. However I think recent history will show that the “media” is not always as objective as they should or could be. We all know which outlets are “right” leaning and which ones are “left” leaning. If they were truly objective would we qualify them as leaning at all? When I hear a news story I know how CNN will report it and I know how Fox will report it. The cool thing about Blogs is that you can find someone with similar views as your own or opposing views and you can read what they really think. They do not have to make it appear like it is objetive that is not their purpose

However the really cool thing, as I step down off my soapbox, about this article is how it shows how passionate bloggers are about their topics. Sure you could argue that this passion causes them to not be objective, but if you can see both sides, we the readers come out ahead becasue we hear both sides represented to their fullest. Of course it goes too far when people start making crude remarks about family members. I would hope we have been taught better by our parents, but apparently some forget what their parents taught them.

19 July, 2006 |

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