New Media v. Old Media

Things are (/have been) changing an awful lot. It's definitely true that accuracy suffers as the prevalence as blogs and whatnot increases. Then again, there is something to be said for having different perspectives, as well as the speed and convenience of such things. That said, it's still good to have some "old media", established, trusted sources such as CNN or The New York Times when looking for reliable information. I also think that some people who only read certain blogs, or listen to certain pundits are doing themselves a disservice by only strengthening the biases they already had, whether founded or not. At least if you watch mainstream new stations (whether you think they have a bias or not) that is at leas much closer to neutral, than, say a political blog would be. It's probably best to have a good mix of both.

i agree with everything that you have said. you are a very great writer! this should be a blog.Thats why when i read a blog about something on the news in a social networking sites i leave a open mind that some or most of this might not be true. wikipedia which i thought was so legit it turns out that any one can make a wikipedia page. and i feel that the real news has to spice it up if they want more people to watch and get interested. i don't think many teens these days watch the news.

I guess since I AM kind of old I should stick up for old media here, right...lol? Actually, I still DO like to read an old-fashioned newspaper and a few of my favorite news magazines, although most of them are also available online. When it comes to TV I rarely watch any news on regular network TV except for the Sunday morning shows now and then. It's no longer necessary for us to wait until 6:30 every night to get the evening news since we have the 24/7 cables news networks. I like CNN some of the time but I mainly watch MSNBC, especially in prime time during the week. Fox News is NOT news, as far as I'm concerned. I get "yelled at" here if I use any of the more liberal blogs as sources but there are a lot who link to WND and FreeRepublic among other right-wing sites. I think the problem with any of the blog sites is that much of what is posted hasn't been confirmed. There is a lot that true online but there are also a lot of lies and rumors and, unfortunately some people don't know how to tell the difference and some just believe what they want to believe and discount what they don't like. I think it IS important that we always have media organizations who are willing to spend the money and take the risk of sending real investigative reporters to cover the big stories nationally and internationally. Annie

It's a great topic. The old media and the new media both have its advantage and weakness. For me, I am working as a computer technical engineer. I usually stay on the computer 14 hours a day. The most information I got just through the new media, web, glog, BBS etc. However, I always read newspaper or watch TV at home. I am not fond of using computer out of office.