Joseph Singh
February 15, 2018
MCS-244 XH81
Jonah Brucker-Cohen
Weekly Post #2 “Blogging Vs Traditional News Reporting
After reading “The Rise Of Professional Bloggers” I have come to the realization that yes blogging lets the “little” guy have a voice ,but a lot of the blogs are run by big companies. For example the article states how 27 of the top 100 blog sites are run by AOL which already is a huge news/email and website platform. So that makes me think are they really blogging about what they want or is it just being filtered by the big companies who “own” the blogs. Furthermore, the age of technology aided everyone amateur or professional to become a reporter of some sort. Whether they are reviewing something, talking about their everyday lives or giving their opinion on current news, it has become very easy for them to release content and gain a following. As popularity gained with blogging its becoming a norm and more of a way to get money and release content that “the man” wants released.
Blogging is good when it comes to commenting on already published news reports or when it comes to giving your stand point in certain topics, like elections for example. But i highly doubt that blogs could ever replace news because their validity. News reporters get out there and actually find out what the scoop is, where as most bloggers wait at home until there is something worth commenting on and give a very arguable standpoint on a situation ad information that has already been published.
If you ask me, i feel like blogging and news reporting are not going to replace one another. They both deserve there own levels of respect. Blogging takes time, you have to develop an audience and you actually have to have an opinion worth reading about to get a following, where as news, is very important because the have an obligation to find out the facts and details. And bring you, the people current events that are non opinionated and unbiased; stories to keep you up to date on whats going on in your city, state, or in the world.
