From: "Robert G Lewis" 


"Gary Wiltshire"  wrote in message
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> On Thu, 20 Jan 2005 15:46:53 -0500, Robert Comer
>  wrote:
>
>>> Oh, I think the aluminum foil hat crowd IS well represented among
>>> bloggers, but the traditional news outlets have gotten away with crap
>>> for
>>> years.  CBS got nailed by bloggers.
>>>
>>> The hell of it is that the main stream media gets things howlingly wrong
>>> every time they touch something narrower and specialized that I DO
>>> happen
>>> to know a lot about.  How much am I supposed to trust them, either?
>>
>> I certainly understand your point, and it happens to me too!
>>
>> That's kind of why I don't trust any one news source, I kind of mix them
>> altogether to get a clearer picture.  But I do leave bloggers out because
>> there's no accountability there.  CBS got busted it's true, but not just
>> because of the bloggers, and note that the accountability was there for
>> CBS,
>> they paid for their "mistake" . 
Bloggers don't have too.
>>
>> - Bob Comer
>>
> I'd say that depends on the blogger.  A blogger who does a good job and is
> honest about bias is going to attract advertisers to his site and even
> show up on TV programs.  Becoming a laughing stock takes that away.  The
> BIG bloggers do have accoutability.
>
> --
> Gary Wiltshire

Un oh something else we agree on .

Several of the bloggers I read are also in the news business. Their
commentary is usually interesting. There are a lot of hacks out there
though.

Bob Lewis

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