Re:News Corp's iPad newspaper 'The Daily' shutting down Dec. 15
by untog on Monday December 03, 2012 @01:11PM
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You're reading to much into my usage of the word 'blogs', and too little into my usage of the word 'opinionated'. Newspapers have blogs. They make great stuff. There are many great blogs out there that have nothing to do with newspapers and produce fantastic content.
However, a lot of self-produced writing out there seems to lean towards being heavily opinionated, with no attempt at objectivity or journalistic integrity. This is what concerns me- not the presentation method. It just so happens that blogging is the most popular medium for this kind of output.
This sort of snobbery towards blogs one of the big reasons that newspapers are failing so badly these days. The medium is unimportant, the content is what matters. Just because it's printed on newsprint, doesn't make your content good. Just because it's on a blog, doesn't mean the content is bad.